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
While youth programs across the country get kids into nature, MAC is unique: The curriculum provides teens with big-mountain skills like crevasse rescue and snow camping, and, more importantly, hands them the reins as often as possible.
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Zoe Gates, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2025
In this twisted section of ice and crevasses, crowds occur next to vertical sections.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 17 May 2025
Visitors can walk around the deep crevasses, hike through a kaleidoscope of vivid green and blue ice, or even camp within the seemingly endless landscape of silence and ice.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Like a recurring nightmare stuck in the deepest crevasses of every Toronto Maple Leafs fan’s mind, the winger keeps returning to haunt Toronto in the biggest moments.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Zoe Gates, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2025
In this twisted section of ice and crevasses, crowds occur next to vertical sections.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 17 May 2025
Visitors can walk around the deep crevasses, hike through a kaleidoscope of vivid green and blue ice, or even camp within the seemingly endless landscape of silence and ice.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Like a recurring nightmare stuck in the deepest crevasses of every Toronto Maple Leafs fan’s mind, the winger keeps returning to haunt Toronto in the biggest moments.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crevasse
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Therein lies cantaloupe’s big problem: The chasm between sweet, succulent melon and a sad, sorry excuse for the fruit is wide, with the potential for disappointment lurking in each produce aisle.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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But somewhere in the chasm of perception between Infantino’s bombast and the indifference felt by many football fans, certain things are easier to say.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
3 July 2025
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Use the crevice tool to get in the nooks and corners of your outdoor spaces where cobwebs, dirt, small twigs, and other messes might be lurking.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
17 July 2025
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With four different brush heads this tool can tackle grout, tile and all of the dirty crevices in your bathroom.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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And Japan’s invocation of World War II is controversial in a region where fissures over Tokyo’s devastating militarism during the period sour relations with many of its neighbors to this day.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
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Race created the conditions for one of the greatest original fissures within the feminist movement, which makes Kendall’s exploration of the ways in which mainstream feminism has continued to fail women of color feel particularly timely, even five years after its publication.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Longtime White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf fell into the same trap and his team is still trying to crawl out of the abyss.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
4 July 2025
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The continuity of memory did not measure the abyss between a toddler’s body and a woman’s.—
Rebecca Solnit
May 29,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2025
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Doctors couldn't tell her how severe the cleft would be or any other complications that may be involved with Benji's diagnosis.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Plowshare: an agricultural implement for turning soil, for gouging a cleft in the earth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 July 2025
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Deputies arrived to find one of the vehicles had crashed into a ravine, causing a fire, Payman said.—
Susan Gill Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Other distinctive features of the main lodge include a dining room with canyon views, saloon, sunroom, auditorium and post office.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
14 July 2025
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Temperatures at the lowest canyon elevations will be well into the triple digits on Monday.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The fire was started by lightning Thursday on the park’s south rim, a dramatic, deep gorge carved by the Gunnison River.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
15 July 2025
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True to her word (in this case, at least), Alex slams on the brakes, but the ’cuda — which has been on its last legs for a couple episodes now — doesn’t stop, and the car careers into the gorge.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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“Crevasse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevasse. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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