Noun we dipped our feet in the warm waters of the gulf the gulf of understanding between the two men was too wide for them to ever get along Verb with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue
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Noun
The shot continually cited in much of the online comparison between the two royal couples shows a gulf of distance between Prince William and Princess Kate, but there were many, many more shots from the same walkabout. Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2022 The geography of empire always includes a gulf of hypocrisy between the metropolis and the provinces. Dominic Green, WSJ, 7 June 2022 But there remains a gulf in perception across Europe between west and east, big and small.Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022 But how much does the probability that Musk can free himself justify the gulf between Twitter’s current price and the $50-plus purchase that most experts deem most likely? Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022 But the proposals that Chinese scholars have put forward on Taiwan highlight the gulf between what Beijing seems to have in mind, and what most Taiwanese could accept.New York Times, 7 Aug. 2022 The gulf separating Iran and the US has grown wider since the last round of nuclear talks in Vienna, European Union diplomats said as the latest negotiations resume. Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg.com, 4 Aug. 2022 But the non-public data behind the topline number show a gulf between the prevailing conditions affecting those who moved residences and those who didn’t . Somesh Jha, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022 There’s a huge gulf between the testosterone ranges of men and women.San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022
Verb
So many gulfs separate us now: geographical, anatomical, psychological. Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English goulf, from Middle French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, from Greek kolpos bosom, gulf; akin to Old English hwealf vault, Old High German walbo