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Recent Examples of chasm
The lesson is that military success created the precise conditions for political catastrophe, and that chasm is where American strategy has gone to die – in Iraq and in Libya, where the Obama administration helped bring about regime change in 2011, but where political instability has endured since.
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Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
While there has been a good amount of movement, there are still some wide chasms on a few key issues, sources caution.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
Second, however, at the chasm between the Framers’ conceptions of Presidential war power and the unbounded nature of that authority today.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
The chasm between some top Democrats and AIPAC is illustrated by their respective statements on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2026
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Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
While there has been a good amount of movement, there are still some wide chasms on a few key issues, sources caution.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
Second, however, at the chasm between the Framers’ conceptions of Presidential war power and the unbounded nature of that authority today.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
The chasm between some top Democrats and AIPAC is illustrated by their respective statements on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chasm
Noun
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Overall, its candidates continue to lean left, but the party is mostly avoiding a tumble into the abyss.—
Henry Olsen,
Washington Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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Throughout his career as a public scholar, Ehrlich was never afraid to look into the abyss.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Research from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla in the mid-2000s found that underwater ocean noise off Southern California had increased tenfold compared with the 1960s.—
Patrick Whittle,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The flowing layout seamlessly connects roughly 3,500 square feet of luxury interiors with about 2,700 square feet of exterior deck space and the surrounding ocean landscape.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Chasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chasm. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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