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Recent Examples of abyssal
Three years of computer modeling found the Antarctic overturning circulation – also known as abyssal ocean overturning – is on track to slow 42% by 2050 if the world continues to burn fossil fuels and produce high levels of planet-heating pollution.
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Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
Beijing announced new tariffs against the US on Friday, deepening the already abyssal trade war between the two countries.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 26 Aug. 2019
As an open-source project, C:DDA has its inner workings posted freely online, where anyone with a working knowledge of C++ can dive in and add weapons, recipes, and more information into the simulation's already abyssal depths.
—Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2018
Even here, though, abyssal tuba notes exposed a sonic substratum.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2017
Before New Horizons flew by, scientists thought there wouldn’t be much in the way of geological activity happening out there on the fringe, where temperatures are decidedly abyssal and materials tend to freeze in place.
—National Geographic, 14 July 2016
Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
Beijing announced new tariffs against the US on Friday, deepening the already abyssal trade war between the two countries.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 26 Aug. 2019
As an open-source project, C:DDA has its inner workings posted freely online, where anyone with a working knowledge of C++ can dive in and add weapons, recipes, and more information into the simulation's already abyssal depths.
—Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2018
Even here, though, abyssal tuba notes exposed a sonic substratum.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2017
Before New Horizons flew by, scientists thought there wouldn’t be much in the way of geological activity happening out there on the fringe, where temperatures are decidedly abyssal and materials tend to freeze in place.
—National Geographic, 14 July 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abyssal
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In this context, Roz’s sudden maternal reflexes are unfathomable.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 Feb. 2025
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Borneo introduced the world of Survivor to fans with the unfathomable presentation of 16 castaways roughing it on an island, forming alliances and blindsiding their way to $1 million.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Culinary travelers looking for a bit more local flavor will love that the concierge is able to organize excursions like visits to an organic farm on neighboring Tortola and deep-sea fishing trips with local fishermen.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2025
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Neuroscience illustrations and deep-sea marine organisms inspired the collection.—
Renan Botelho,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
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While people browsing the open web are hit with paywall after paywall, those on social media are presented with an infinite scroll of content, algorithmically tuned to maximize their attention.—
Sergii Denysenko,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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All topics At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Feb. 2025
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Seizing Taiwan would allow China to dock submarines in the deepwater ports off Taiwan’s eastern coast, which would extend their range and enable them to avoid some U.S. underwater sensors in the Miyako and Luzon Straits.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Offshore workers examine hydrocarbon samples aboard the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, May 18, 2018.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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What to Do Sure, wine tasting and farm-to-table dining is why many travelers come to the Willamette Valley to begin with, but its vast beauty shouldn't be wasted.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Arctic Ocean, nearly isolated from larger oceans by land bridges, became a vast, shallow, nutrient-rich basin.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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And, like the small miracle of any benthic shine found in sandy human hands, Frame’s prolific œuvre very nearly didn’t exist for us, but for drastic, tidal chance.—
Audrey Wollen,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
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Researchers have now recognized the underwater structure as a pillar of marine life in the benthic zone, the lowest ecological region of a body of water, where species are specially equipped to survive extreme living conditions.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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Ongoing projects involve monitoring migrating humpback whales, testing water acidification levels, and tagging pelagic fish.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
26 Feb. 2025
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However, while pelagic sharks thrived, some species faced physiological limits in extremely warm waters.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
1 Nov. 2024
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These days, the buildings are used for marine science education programs.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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During his first term, President Trump sharply reduced the boundaries of two monuments in Utah — Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — and stripped protections from a marine monument off the coast of New England to allow commercial fishing.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Abyssal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abyssal. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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