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as in profound
extending far downward
lowered their bucket down a deep well the ax made a deep cut into the wood
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as in low
having a low musical pitch or range
the tour guide had an impressively deep voice
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as in mysterious
being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain
a deep, dark secret that he took to his grave
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as in esoteric
difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand
her poetry is now regarded as sentimental and not very deep
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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
one of those deep passages in the Bible that can be interpreted in any number of different ways
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as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
fell into a deep sleep after taking the potion
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as in inherent
firmly established over time
a deep devotion to obtaining justice for all, even society's most disadvantaged
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as in extensive
having considerable extent
an economist with a deep understanding of the forces that propel the global economy
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as in immersed
having the mind fixed on something
I was so deep in the mystery novel that I didn't hear the doorbell
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as in away
not close in time or space
an episode in her deep past that she had never spoken about, even to her husband
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as in sea
the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth
sailors exploring the farther reaches of the briny deep
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as in abyss
an immeasurable depth or space
the belief that somewhere in the deep of outer space humankind will meet its ultimate destiny
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Recent Examples of deep
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
In 2007, Popular Science profiled submarine designer Bruce Jones’s plan for his Poseidon Undersea Resort, a 40-foot-deep complex of individual suites, with a library, wedding chapel, and restaurant.
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Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
Mike Kaye
updated January 3,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Jan. 2026
So if your holiday spending didn’t quite dig you into this deep of a hole, debt relief programs likely aren’t the best fit for you.
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Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
26 Dec. 2025
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Two years later, Swift pushed the bounds of her beauty yet again, pairing a white, deep V-cut gown with a shaggy bob.
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Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
In 2007, Popular Science profiled submarine designer Bruce Jones’s plan for his Poseidon Undersea Resort, a 40-foot-deep complex of individual suites, with a library, wedding chapel, and restaurant.
—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
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Attempting that deep of a kick with a soggy field seemed like a dubious decision to begin with.
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Mike Kaye
updated January 3,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Jan. 2026
So if your holiday spending didn’t quite dig you into this deep of a hole, debt relief programs likely aren’t the best fit for you.
—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
26 Dec. 2025
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This represents a profound shift for institutions accustomed to centralized control.
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Being selected for competition is a profound honour.
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Those groups also have lower access to drugs that can stop the transmission of HIV.
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Last winter was the second-warmest on record, according to the city’s ordinance, with record low snowpack almost everywhere.
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Beulah's spurned heir Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) calls up the mysterious Mariana (Raoul Max Trujillo) to help with his many problems, which include his ranch-usurping half-brother Rob-Will and those Duttons from Montana.
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Nicolas Winding Refn’s audacious return to feature filmmaking is a gorgeous, mysterious act of cinema, sensorial and transgressive, that demands to be experienced on its own terms.
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Afterwards, group members went on to form several other hugely meaningful outfits such as Slint, Gastr Del Sol, Bastro, Papa M and the For Carnation, transmuting Squirrel Bait’s Reagan-era aggression into more esoteric, impossible-to-classify sonic explorations.
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This offers the do-it-yourself warrior a simple, direct route from antiquated lead-acid to state-of-the-art lithium without having to search for esoteric parts online.
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Vermeule—a former clerk for Scalia—proposes that conservatives should read the Constitution’s ambiguous phrases and general structure in an openly moral way, drawing on principles grounded in the nature and purposes of government.
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Without a unified, clean, and accessible data structure, AI outputs quickly become ambiguous, hallucinated, and diluted, deepening the clarity crisis rather than resolving it.
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Indie Shakes managing director David Melville distills his production around scenes of intense conflict.
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As the planet warms, extreme heat events are becoming more common, intense and long-lasting.
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But true soccer fans know the value inherent in a jersey, especially original ones.
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The best matching linen sets possess an inherent unfussy ease that allow you look composed yet unhurried.
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Barrett and Jackson each reported the most extensive travel of court justices promoting their books in 2025.
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Just south of the circle, subsequent construction of the Icon Miami complex, though, destroyed extensive additional evidence of Tequesta occupation in the bedrock, including scores of holes likely dug for wooden dwelling support posts.
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“Deep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deep. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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