as in abysses
an immeasurable depth or space
a chasm in the ocean floor
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Recent Examples of chasms
Between 2004 and 2023, the researchers estimate that nearly 120,000 people were displaced as their homes collapsed into these expanding chasms.
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New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
Some feature suspension bridges that cross chasms or waterfalls, and others end with a zip line back to terra firma.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
But beneath the surface, cracks often form cracks that can grow into chasms if left unaddressed.
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Traders will be hoping that an end to the Russia-Ukraine war — a conflict which began in 2022 and which has shaken the global economy, disrupting trade and supply chains, and creating geopolitical chasms between major economies in the West and East — could be nearer now than at any other time.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Its governance still attempts to treat Ohio State with a yearly athletic budget of over $250 million as equals to small schools in the BigSky conference like Idaho State with a budget of $15 million, despite vast chasms in budgets, facilities, and visibility.
—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
Some feature suspension bridges that cross chasms or waterfalls, and others end with a zip line back to terra firma.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
But beneath the surface, cracks often form cracks that can grow into chasms if left unaddressed.
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Traders will be hoping that an end to the Russia-Ukraine war — a conflict which began in 2022 and which has shaken the global economy, disrupting trade and supply chains, and creating geopolitical chasms between major economies in the West and East — could be nearer now than at any other time.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Its governance still attempts to treat Ohio State with a yearly athletic budget of over $250 million as equals to small schools in the BigSky conference like Idaho State with a budget of $15 million, despite vast chasms in budgets, facilities, and visibility.
—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chasms
oceans
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Warmer air, for example, boosts evaporation, which leads to more moisture entrained in the atmosphere, intensifying rainfalls, while warmer oceans provide an energy source for more violent hurricanes.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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According to construction manager John Kearns, the oceans swells became too challenging, moving the barge too much for the crane to operate safely.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Chasms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chasms. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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