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
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a chasm in the ocean floor
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An Unexplained Gap The first round apparently revealed a glaring chasm between public and proprietary efforts.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
If anything, bad dates are exemplary of the chasm that invariably exists between nonfiction and real life, between text and flesh (and, on occasion, between photo and flesh).
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And of course, once Texas and Oklahoma left for the SEC, the chasm became massive.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
There has been plenty of rightful crowing about the quagmire that is college athletics, most of it directly traceable to the money – the death of senior night, overrecruiting, tampering, transferring and what can only be described as a nearly uncrossable chasm between the haves and have nots.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
If anything, bad dates are exemplary of the chasm that invariably exists between nonfiction and real life, between text and flesh (and, on occasion, between photo and flesh).
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
And of course, once Texas and Oklahoma left for the SEC, the chasm became massive.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
There has been plenty of rightful crowing about the quagmire that is college athletics, most of it directly traceable to the money – the death of senior night, overrecruiting, tampering, transferring and what can only be described as a nearly uncrossable chasm between the haves and have nots.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Chasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chasm. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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chasm
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: a deep split or gap in the earth
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