as in ocean
an immeasurable depth or space
looking down at the dark ocean from the ship's rail, the cruise passenger felt as though he was staring into an abyss
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Recent Examples of abyss
There is the abyss of self-doubt and insecurity on one hand, the desire to create something unique and universally admired on the other, and jealousy and envy in the middle.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
But as anybody working as a music creator knows, creating the music is only the start in a series of dancing monkey chores to make sure my work doesn’t disappear into the abyss.
—Kay Hanley, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
With the death of our local paper, where will local citizens get the information needed to keep us from a dark abyss where lies become truth and truth becomes lies?
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The fact that frantic diplomatic officials and business leaders managed to convince Petro to turn back from the abyss highlights the degree to which the Colombian economy is dependent on exports to the United States.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
But as anybody working as a music creator knows, creating the music is only the start in a series of dancing monkey chores to make sure my work doesn’t disappear into the abyss.
—Kay Hanley, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
With the death of our local paper, where will local citizens get the information needed to keep us from a dark abyss where lies become truth and truth becomes lies?
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The fact that frantic diplomatic officials and business leaders managed to convince Petro to turn back from the abyss highlights the degree to which the Colombian economy is dependent on exports to the United States.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abyss
Noun
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Rooms vary from garden bungalows to beach houses with a coveted ocean view.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Created in 1946 by the P.F. McKenney family, which still owns and operates the attraction, Theater of the Sea pumps in 12 million gallons of ocean water a day to maintain the three-acre natural salt-water lagoons.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Charyn Canyon National Park harbors three other remarkable chasms: Moon Canyon, Red Canyon and Iron Canyon.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The contrast between them highlights a widening chasm between the two halves of her lives.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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The gulf between the notions of do-it-yourself economics and orthodox economics is widest in the sphere of international trade.—
Steve H. Hanke,
National Review,
13 Feb. 2025
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As long as there isn’t legislation making scalping impossible, and there remains a huge gulf between what artists are charging and what people are willing to pay, resellers are going to be very motivated to ruin the concert ticket-buying experience.—
Whizy Kim,
Vox,
12 Feb. 2025
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What To Know Footage from the scene captured emergency vehicles and heavily armed police stationed along one side of the memorial, a sprawling expanse of grey concrete pillars where the attack occurred.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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January was the warmest on record for the globe and, in a vast expanse of global warmth, the US sticks out like a cold, sore thumb.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Press your thumb lightly into the center of each ball to create an indention about 1/4-inch deep.—
Liv Dansky,
Southern Living,
12 Dec. 2024
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Users can also create and assign their own gestures instead, assigning — in Hyper’s example — a two-finger deep click to enter presentation mode in PowerPoint.—
Sheena Vasani,
The Verge,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Abyss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abyss. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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