1
: a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge
built a bridge over the chasm
2
: a marked division, separation, or difference
the chasm between the rich and the poor
Examples of chasm in a Sentence
a chasm in the ocean floor
Recent Examples on the Web
The health disparities between rural and urban Americans have long been documented, but a recent report from the Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service found the chasm has grown in recent decades.
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Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
But uniformity doesn’t mean unity, as the widening chasm between the state’s further-right Freedom Caucus and more moderate establishment Republicans has grown in recent years and begun to mirror GOP infighting nationwide.
—USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
The hotel had absolved me of responsibility for my son, which created an emotional chasm; its rigid routines had stopped us from learning about him as an individual.
—Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
The report also points out a chasm between male and female interest and access in the stem fields.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
The distance between them has become an almost impassable chasm, even after Betsy falls in love with a man and decides she and Marissa will move with him to Las Vegas.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
There is a chasm between the great and the merely good, and the perception is that nobody is able to jump it.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
What was once an ideological divide now seems like an unbridgeable chasm.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
However, there is something of a chasm between simply having access to 80 billion documents of raw data and feeding it into a black box, compared to strategically using AI to stay ahead of market trends and customer needs.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
But uniformity doesn’t mean unity, as the widening chasm between the state’s further-right Freedom Caucus and more moderate establishment Republicans has grown in recent years and begun to mirror GOP infighting nationwide.
—USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
The hotel had absolved me of responsibility for my son, which created an emotional chasm; its rigid routines had stopped us from learning about him as an individual.
—Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
The report also points out a chasm between male and female interest and access in the stem fields.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
The distance between them has become an almost impassable chasm, even after Betsy falls in love with a man and decides she and Marissa will move with him to Las Vegas.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
There is a chasm between the great and the merely good, and the perception is that nobody is able to jump it.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
What was once an ideological divide now seems like an unbridgeable chasm.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
However, there is something of a chasm between simply having access to 80 billion documents of raw data and feeding it into a black box, compared to strategically using AI to stay ahead of market trends and customer needs.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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: a deep split or gap in the earth
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