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to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order
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Recent Examples of gaping
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
If the absence of Succession has left a dark and gaping hole in your heart, formerly filled by the epic, desperate machinations of the one-percent: tune in.
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Vogue,
19 July 2024
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
The reality of having a curvy body type is that gaping is really hard to avoid when shopping for jeans.
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Essence Wiley,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
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Adjective
Given that there is no witness to what happened, that leaves a very gaping hole in this investigation.
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Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
If the absence of Succession has left a dark and gaping hole in your heart, formerly filled by the epic, desperate machinations of the one-percent: tune in.
—
Vogue,
19 July 2024
Verb
Ventura described the injury as a large, gaping wound that was not survivable.
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Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
The reality of having a curvy body type is that gaping is really hard to avoid when shopping for jeans.
—
Essence Wiley,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaping
Adjective
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Members love Thrive Market's wide selection of high-quality products and speedy shipping.
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Pélisson previously told Variety that animation and co-productions have become key drivers of French content’s appeal abroad, reflecting the sector’s ability to travel across borders and reach a wide range of audiences.
Verb
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In Taiwan, a student sitting for an entrance exam for a top medical school was discovered wearing smart glasses after proctors noticed the student staring oddly at the test, leading to an inspection that revealed the frame was emitting heat.
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Three stories, three separate sets of receipts, with one through line worth staring at until a clearer view emerges.
Adjective
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Some lenders are more exposed than others.
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The outer layers of the star will eventually cool and disperse, leaving a nebula of ex-stellar material surrounding the sun's core, which will then become an exposed cooling stellar remnant called a white dwarf.
Verb
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Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.
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The walk to the stadium is a mile or so along the Alaskan Way, where restaurants like the Crab Pot are opening up, but everyone is gawking at the street spectacle.
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Isn’t that what any of us wants when gazing into the mirror held up to nature, as Hamlet describes the theater?
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Soul gazing The following morning, the participants wake up with maybe the clearest heads in Nashville.
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“Gaping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaping. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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