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gap

[gap] / gæp /


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Most of the participants said they are underinsured, meaning they have a plan with high cost-sharing or have experienced a gap in coverage.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Imports were higher than exports by $105 billion, down 0.7% from August, in contrast to economists’ expectations for the trade gap to widen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The new approach could help close that gap.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

The slight gap between the two candidates doesn’t bode well for Bass, since Raman is expected to secure a larger portion of the late-arriving ballots in the coming days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Nhamo put her eye to a gap in the platform.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

I’ve found the heated discussions over income gaps and housing budgets to be just as juicy as the fights over intimacy as they head into their Netflix-sponsored nuptials.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Stice-Lawrence, one of the lead researchers, calls the translation gaps a “canary in the coal mine.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Though he'd already started keeping supplies, "there were numerous gaps in what I had prepared for," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

To fill the remaining data gaps, we built a geostatistical model that combines real-world data with local environmental and socioeconomic factors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

All through that starless night, your breath came in wheezy gasps as raindrops wriggled, like silver snakes, through the gaps in our tent.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

Intel gapped up 24% on April 24 following a well-received earnings report, breaking out of a bull flag.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

I gapped the tappets and points, checked the oil, flipped the choke, hit the starter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Before that could even be implemented, though, the end-of-the-shutdown rally began and the market gapped higher on Nov. 10 and Nov. 11.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025

The rouble gapped down to a 15-month low in Moscow.

From Reuters ● Jun. 26, 2023

Javier’s lighted tab file is still gapped open.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Kimberly-Clark’s acquisition of Kenvue sent the former gapping down to a key round-number level, while TreeHouse Foods is being taken out at nearly a 25% premium.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

This climate allows adhesive to dry more quickly and prevents gapping between freshly placed boards.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022

After his second win, coming at the Sony Open in January, Kizzire told Golf Digest that the Titleist 718 T-MB 4-iron helped with gapping, while also providing the height he needs.

From Golf Digest ● Jul. 9, 2018

Their philosophy was to keep blockers off Urlacher with big, two gapping defensive linemen. 

From Chicago Tribune ● May 24, 2013

Cade Hernandez raised his right hand in front of his chin, nodding confidently and gapping his thumb and index finger about three-fourths of an inch.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith


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