cwm

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of cwm Now, just one remains, lodged into a cwm west of Pico Humboldt. The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cwm
Noun
  • Throughout the run beneath the cirque of the Continental Divide, cruising up a gradual ascent towards a glacier-fed lake, my Overland Half Tight shorts remained comfortable.
    Lisa Jhung, Outside, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Ditch the giant Hula-Hoop in Vegas Even though Fremont Street’s pedestrian mall resembles a circus, the Las Vegas City Council does not permit such cirque contraptions as unicycles or Hula-Hoops wider than 4 feet.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Plowshare: an agricultural implement for turning soil, for gouging a cleft in the earth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Wyatt exited and then returned to the project amid creative fissures, including wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Trump is facing a catch-22 in the face of growing fissures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and mounting departures of scientists and experts over vaccine policy.
    Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While the team tried to pull him up to safety, his belt broke, and Bell went back down into the crevasse.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The remains of a British researcher who fell into a crevasse on an Antarctic glacier 66 years ago have been recovered, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said.
    Haicen Yang, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The French Alps Why: Conquering the storied HC (hors catégorie) climbs and cols of the French Alps provides the ultimate cycling bragging rights.
    Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 13 May 2025
  • The highest point of the trail is at 3,008 feet, on a viewless col (the lowest point between peaks) off of Blue Mountain.
    Jessica McKenzie, National Geographic, 16 Nov. 2020
Noun
  • Typical diurnal winds prevailed with westerly/up canyon, gusting near 20 MPH, observed in the afternoon.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The helicopter then lands inside the canyon, where participants start their epic journey on the river to the infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano, past glaciers, waterfalls, and basalt columns.
    Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Key prevention strategies include sealing cracks and crevices in walls, roofs, and around windows and doors.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The females wait folded within crevices in bark.
    Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Reviews were mixed at the time, but that deep-dive into the widening mental abyss of a hypochondriac playwright (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) has only grown in esteem over time.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Some vociferously insist that nobody of their right mind would ever fall into the AI psychosis abyss.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Cwm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cwm. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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