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Recent Examples of chasm
According to The Guardian, the chasm has continued to widen since Sunday, sparking fears among locals that the town’s historic center could potentially being swallowed up and destroyed.
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
The chasm between physical scales — atoms are vastly larger than the Planck scale — seems unstable and unnatural.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
The economic chasm between the United States and Europe is growing.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
And the political chasm between the parties has raised the stakes.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
The chasm between physical scales — atoms are vastly larger than the Planck scale — seems unstable and unnatural.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
The economic chasm between the United States and Europe is growing.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
And the political chasm between the parties has raised the stakes.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chasm
Noun
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Darnold, still just 28, is back from the abyss and ascending.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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An existentialist peers into the abyss and feels a shiver of possibility, the freedom to be anything.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Contact tracing and the daily testing of ocean water quality could slow down.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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As salt crusts form on the elevated end, the shifting weight causes the device to rock like a seesaw, submerging the buildup so the ocean can naturally wash it away.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Chasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chasm. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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