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chasm

[kaz-uhm] / ˈkæz əm /


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But that’s hard to see when the internet has built such a wide chasm between people, reducing the impact of writing in favor of scrolling.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Globally, the generation gap has grown into a chasm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

That once-wide chasm of understanding has narrowed, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

The wide chasm between what Americans think about their job prospects and the relatively low unemployment rate yields an inescapable conclusion.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

The chasm between what was, and what will be.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

But still, 250 years after the Revolution, the British monarchy somehow avoids these partisan chasms endemic throughout the rest of American society.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

Microscopic chasms forming a sea of conical jagged peaks stipple the surface of a material called black silicon.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

Soil particles fall into these gaps too, enlarging the chasms and facilitating the collection of more water.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 10, 2023

Scientists have found them deep in ocean chasms, and in volcanic vents, glaciers, caves and mines.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023

Geologists had proposed that the current shape of the earth—its rocks, chasms, and mountains—had been created by the transmutation of previous elements.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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