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chasm

[kaz-uhm] / ˈkæz əm /


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There’s a vast chasm between doing nothing and spending money trying to rehouse this relative and manage all his affairs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Yet some users saying goodbye this week lamented the chasm that would be left after their companions vanish.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

She decided that a 29-point deficit in the second half was simply too wide of a chasm to overcome, even for a Knicks team in the middle of a magical playoff run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

The chasm between the Freeway Series rivals was on display in the Dodgers’ 9-2 win against the Angels at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Sometimes, they paused to peer down into the chasm they’d climbed up.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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

“Afghanistan hasn’t been this safe in 20 years,” others declare, posing next to the vast chasms left behind by the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas more than 20 years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024

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

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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