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
Turns out, the abyss has a DJ and an open bar.
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Matt K. Lewis, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
An indigo abyss where dressing room disappointment is a core memory, and online ordering has about the same success rate as rolling a pair of sixes.
—Talia Abbas, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Mike Birbiglia’s The Good Life, Marc Maron’s Panicked, Cameron Esposito’s Four Pills, and Bill Burr’s Drop Dead Years are all hours of comedy about reckoning with mortality, and each in their own way is a lovely, absurd, painful depiction of someone staring into an abyss and choosing to laugh.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Antisemitism, hatred and terrorism must be stopped, lest our civilization fall into the abyss.
—Diane Gensler, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
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Matt K. Lewis, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
An indigo abyss where dressing room disappointment is a core memory, and online ordering has about the same success rate as rolling a pair of sixes.
—Talia Abbas, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Mike Birbiglia’s The Good Life, Marc Maron’s Panicked, Cameron Esposito’s Four Pills, and Bill Burr’s Drop Dead Years are all hours of comedy about reckoning with mortality, and each in their own way is a lovely, absurd, painful depiction of someone staring into an abyss and choosing to laugh.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Antisemitism, hatred and terrorism must be stopped, lest our civilization fall into the abyss.
—Diane Gensler, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abyss
Noun
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Since Myanmar is close to the ocean, seafoods like fish and shrimp are integral to Burmese cuisine.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Many of France's power stations draw seawater directly from the ocean as coolant for their inner workings.—
Theo Burman
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Pew, found that a 45-point chasm separated Democrats (28%) and Republicans (73%) on favorability after the Court’s decision.—
Karlyn Bowman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Minor annoyances suddenly widen into a chasm neither can cross.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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At the very top of the sport, there is just a gulf in class.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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But those millions of dollars are attempting to bridge a massive gulf between himself and Wu, who in recent polling maintains a 50-point advantage over Kraft.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With the Cadillac Escalade IQ, though, Cadillac took that idea further, covering the full expanse of the dashboard with a single pane screen; even the passenger has a dedicated screen.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The walk to the stadium through the vast expanse of parking lot feels like the walk to Wembley from the tube.—
Alex Edelman,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Astros went to Steven Okert to face Anthony, but the rookie won the lefty-on-lefty matchup and took a slider over the middle deep for a two-run home run.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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There were times in practice last year where SDSU’s two-deep included only eight able bodies.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Abyss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abyss. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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