as in ocean
an immeasurable depth or space
looking down at the dark ocean from the ship's rail, the cruise passenger felt as though he was staring into an abyss
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Recent Examples of abyss
Things change fast in this league, but not fast enough for the Niners to be heading into some sort of abyss.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
Commentary and opinions Elon Musk’s courtship with MAGA has driven X into a misinformation abyss, columnist Lorraine Ali writes.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The empty notebook becomes a mirror reflecting the abyss between societal expectations and personal artistic ambition.
—Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
The abundance of the information ark becomes an encyclopedic abyss.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 27 Dec. 2024
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
Commentary and opinions Elon Musk’s courtship with MAGA has driven X into a misinformation abyss, columnist Lorraine Ali writes.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The empty notebook becomes a mirror reflecting the abyss between societal expectations and personal artistic ambition.
—Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
The abundance of the information ark becomes an encyclopedic abyss.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abyss
Noun
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During their jam session with Bad Bunny, the group was able to ad-lib an element unique to their hometown: the tale of Jacinto, a farmer who is dragged by his cow into a ocean blowhole, famously known as Jacinto’s pit cave.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Altadena, a racially diverse, middle-class community in the inland shadow of Pasadena, and Pacific Palisades, with its ocean breezes, sublime views and tear-downs starting in the millions, had little in common until they were both ravaged by the fires.—
Billy Witz,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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For a young, progressive Democrat like MacKay, accomplishment depended on navigating some wide chasms between the liberal and backward factions of his party.—
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2025
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There’s something of a full-circle Yellowstone ending, with Jamie being buried in the chasm where other bodies had been disposed of.—
Charley Ross,
Glamour,
16 Dec. 2024
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The gulf started out a mile wide and shrank to inches, but each game still ended in defeat.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
10 Jan. 2025
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The gulf is an ocean basin and marginal sea off the Atlantic Ocean that spans thousands of miles along the U.S. and Mexico, as well as Cuba.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2025
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There on the round expanse of polished, inlaid pebble, dozens of men and women are mingling, spike heels clacking on the irregular surface, ordering drinks from tuxedoed bartenders, soaking up this dreamlike atmosphere.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Monitoring China's 'Monster Ship' Russia's Disastrous Winter War on Finland Could Give Clues on Ukraine Endgame Despite its shared governance, seven nations have laid claim to parts of the icy expanse.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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Users can also create and assign their own gestures instead, assigning — in Hyper’s example — a two-finger deep click to enter presentation mode in PowerPoint.—
Sheena Vasani,
The Verge,
5 Jan. 2025
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Jared Spurgeon and others went off to change, thinking the puck would be carried or chipped in deep.—
Joe Smith,
The Athletic,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Abyss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abyss. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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