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Discover LudwigThe word "gulf" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use "gulf" as a noun to refer to an open sea or ocean area between two land masses, or to describe a wide divide between two things. Example sentence: There is a large gulf between the two sides of the debate.
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gulf
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A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
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The growing gulf between Saudi Arabia and its more sceptical western partners is nowhere more apparent than in the key area of security and defence cooperation, upon which the relationship was founded in 1915.
Not because I think a banking crash is just around the corner, but because of the size of that gulf between those right at the top of this city and everyone else.
Listening to both reveals just how wide the range of interpretative options was even in the same city within just a few years of each other over a century ago - almost as big a gulf between, say, Daniel Barenboim and John Eliot Gardiner today.
The attacks starkly underline an increasing gulf between secular bloggers and conservative Islamic groups, often covertly connected with Islamist parties.
McNamee was roared home in seventh place but the gulf in class between the top and bottom of the field was evident from the beginning of the race.
It also added that when this still-classified information was published, the CIA did not, as a matter of policy, submit crime reports – highlighting a gulf between officially sanctioned leaks and non-sanctioned whistleblowing, the latter of which is often heavily prosecuted.
The company, which serves the mining, oil and gas, nuclear and renewable energy industry, said full year earnings rose 11% to £331m, helped by strong performances from the UK north sea, gulf of Mexico and contract wins in the middle east.
The cyclone has approached from the east after crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria from Queensland's Cape York Peninsula where it made landfall as a category four storm but caused minimal damage.
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Munich, with its variety of luxury shops, is a favourite European destination for Gulf-state tourists.
But on his third bout of global diplomacy since the attacks on America the prime minister got to within three hours' flying time across the Gulf of Oman.
Deep Water Drilling – We support immediate resumption of deep water drilling and production in the Gulf of Mexico.
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