as in chasm
a deep, narrow opening or crack in an area of thick ice or rock
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Recent Examples of crevasse
In these seemingly inhuman terrains, the figure coyly persists: a woman’s profile appears along the sheer side of a craggy peak; another’s eye peeks out from a crevasse.
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Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Dana Isherwood fell into a deep crevasse during a practice climb.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Those who tried to run were hit by ice chunks or knocked into crevasses hundreds of feet deep.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Practice showing trust and gratitude to the universe and allow these good vibrations to resonate deep into the crevasses of your spirit.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
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Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Dana Isherwood fell into a deep crevasse during a practice climb.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Those who tried to run were hit by ice chunks or knocked into crevasses hundreds of feet deep.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Practice showing trust and gratitude to the universe and allow these good vibrations to resonate deep into the crevasses of your spirit.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crevasse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crevasse
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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
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The difference in revenue between Bodø/Glimt and Spurs shows the financial chasm between the clubs.—
Robert Kidd,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The vacuum also comes with a crevice tool to target curtains, upholstery, and more.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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These included an extension wand and crevice tool, wide standard head, smaller upholstery tool, dusting brush, battery, charger, and mount.—
Stewart Savin,
Architectural Digest,
20 May 2025
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But his return to center stage—or at least his self-invitation to it—is showing the fissures in a party that hasn’t fully decided if Biden is friend or foe, the party elder who stepped aside or the has-been who didn’t know when to exit.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
8 May 2025
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This case exposes a wide fissure in the foundation.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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The agreement with the UK also gives other world leaders a reason to hope that other deals can rescue the global economy from the abyss, providing a framework for future negotiations.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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With deep-sea mining looming, biologists race to collect and name the undiscovered species of the abyss, the last wilderness on earth.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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But today, the most important political cleft is not the fading distinction between right and left, but the rising conflict between liberal and illiberal, democratic and autocratic.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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Many birth defects are treatable; orofacial clefts and some heart defects, for example, can be corrected with surgery.—
Almut Winterstein,
The Conversation,
30 Jan. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2025
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That includes Tom Cruise, as covert CIA division agent Ethan Hunt, riding a motorcycle off a 4,000-foot cliff and BASE jumping the final 500 feet of a ravine, or the breathless climactic train mayhem in 2023’s Dead Reckoning, the opening installment of this two-parter.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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That initial drive was merely the opening act for the hike-able mesas, canyons, and sky-high sandstone beyond the visitor center gates.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2025
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The octopus inhabits underwater canyons at depths of 3,400 to 5,000 feet.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Its red rock ranges and fossil-laden gorges preserve a record that dates back more than 3.6 billion years, well before tectonic plates began to shape continents.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Horsetail Falls Further up the gorge, Horsetail Falls spills 176 feet down a sheer rock face.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Crevasse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevasse. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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