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
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.
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
And, while everyone else was distracted by pandemics and politics and TikTok, the cold, skeletal hand of time pulled the millennials into the abyss.
—Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The group behind him, previously playing pool, drinking, or staring into the abyss, suddenly stands up as if charmed by the music and starts dancing, crouching and bobbing their heads, and responding, like a chorus, to the lines of the singer.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
The United States’ postwar political identity has vanished into the abyss of the ballot box.
—Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
And, while everyone else was distracted by pandemics and politics and TikTok, the cold, skeletal hand of time pulled the millennials into the abyss.
—Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The group behind him, previously playing pool, drinking, or staring into the abyss, suddenly stands up as if charmed by the music and starts dancing, crouching and bobbing their heads, and responding, like a chorus, to the lines of the singer.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
The United States’ postwar political identity has vanished into the abyss of the ballot box.
—Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abyss
Noun
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Escargot, little swirls of chewy slime, swam in an ocean of sizzling, tamarind-spiked butter fiery with fresh garlic.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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The air flows from the east to the west provide ocean influence to impart subtle saline notes to the wine.—
Akiko Katayama,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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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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Caroline Price Just across the gulf, another ‘imperfect’ score would soon attract attention.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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At nearly 2,500 feet long, the Fishing and Education Pier is the largest in the Gulf as well as Alabama’s only public gulf pier.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 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.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
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 3 Mar. 2025.
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