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
Just before the neutron star disappears into the black hole's abyss, some of the most powerful shock waves known to us would erupt outward in a kind of violent, final farewell.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 June 2025
The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 May 2025
The show tells the stories of young soldiers caught in the abyss of the Vietnam War and the protest movement that sought to end the carnage.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
And if left unchecked, the legal abyss can grow ever wider.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 June 2025
The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 May 2025
The show tells the stories of young soldiers caught in the abyss of the Vietnam War and the protest movement that sought to end the carnage.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
And if left unchecked, the legal abyss can grow ever wider.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abyss
Noun
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Something having to do with ozone, with dust, with particles brought up from the bottom of the ocean.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Additionally, the researchers also think there are several distinct subpopulations, likely shaped by regional winds and ocean currents.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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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
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Caroline Downey The partisan gender gap has become a chasm.—
Christian Schneider,
National Review,
12 June 2025
Noun
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After all, the two teams have the largest gulf in terms of Transfermarkt squad value among all teams at the tournament.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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These efforts helped narrow the gulf between the performance of U.S. and Chinese AI tools on most popular benchmarks to single-digit percentages by the end of 2024.—
Sebastian Elbaum,
Foreign Affairs,
13 June 2025
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Old-timers have stopped over the last two days to sit and lay in the wispy tall grass, in the expanse of its shadow.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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Who can gaze into that great expanse and not contemplate such things as infinity or Earth’s relevance to the cosmos?—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Rick Carlisle routinely stretches his rotation to 11 deep.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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New York gave Boston trouble by switching throughout the first two games, rather than playing in this deep of a drop.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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“Abyss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abyss. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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