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Recent Examples of chasm At the Rose Bowl, there was a chasm between the teams. Jack Lang, New York Times, 16 June 2025 In South Korea, a matchmaker is testing whether love can bridge a Cold War chasm. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 June 2025 Four decades on, Bok’s socioeconomic legal divide has become a chasm. Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 History says the chasm between Scheffler and his good friend Burns is just too long a bridge to cross, though. Justin Ray, New York Times, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for chasm
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Noun
  • Longtime White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf fell into the same trap and his team is still trying to crawl out of the abyss.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 4 July 2025
  • The continuity of memory did not measure the abyss between a toddler’s body and a woman’s.
    Rebecca Solnit May 29, Literary Hub, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Sharks have roamed our oceans for over 400 million years, yet today many species are at risk due to overfishing and habitat loss.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Warmer oceans and air mean more evaporation and more moisture in the atmosphere, which gets wrung out in the form of more intense rain or snow.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 14 July 2025

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“Chasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chasm. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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