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abyss

[uh-bis] / əˈbɪs /
NOUN
something very deep, usually a feature of land
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"Each new format seems to bring us closer and closer to that abyss."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Under Tan, Intel has done that and is inching its way out of the abyss.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Elsewhere, “Navalny” filmmaker Daniel Roher also tries to look at the bright side in his latest, “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,” but only after gazing into the abyss.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

But instead of getting devoured by the abyss, he says over Zoom, he honed in on making something “unknown.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

“The light that all flowed into the abyss and vanished...And that was Dust? Was it really?”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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