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Recent Examples of chasm The film’s title is the Arabic name for the bridge between our world and paradise that spans the chasm of hell. Jamie Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025 Having just driven from Portland, Ore., to Seattle in the wee hours of the morning, Castro was contending with a central theme of her album in real time: the chasm between her dreams and the limits of her corporeal form. Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 The difference in revenue between Bodø/Glimt and Spurs shows the financial chasm between the clubs. Robert Kidd, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Sure, there was an increased sense of desperation considering the prospects of facing a 3-0 chasm in the series. Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chasm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chasm
Noun
  • She’s headed back into the abyss and that cycle of suffering and escape and return that’s moved and frustrated viewers across the years.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2025
  • Technology was seen as both salvation and abyss, a force capable of transcending human limits, but also one that could eclipse the human altogether.
    Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Coast Guard boats and aircraft scoured the ocean for hours, searching for survivors in an area of 520 square nautical miles, before the search was suspended later that night.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
  • The upper level of the ocean is where microscopic organisms and different types of plankton live.
    Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2025

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“Chasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chasm. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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