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depths

noun

plural of depth

as in midsts

the most intense or characteristic phase of something I was in the depths of profound thought when I was interrupted

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as in abysses

the lowest point or level the author describes how she slowly rose from the depth of her depression

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as in heights

the most extreme or advanced point even in the depth of the Great Depression people never lost hope

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Recent Examples of depths By April 2026, the president's net economic approval rating was plying depths last seen under President Joe Biden amid the aftermath of the pandemic, when the country was facing high inflation and elevated unemployment. — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 These ancient systems are silent observers of history, capturing thousands of years’ worth of stories in depths of peat that patiently await discovery. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 The film adaptation follows Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams), a teenager who embarks on a solo dive in search of the body of his father — who, following a cancer diagnosis, takes his own life by strapping on weights and entering the depths of the ocean. — Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2026 Searching for Wendy in the depths of the Sephora store, Stan watches his surroundings shift from slightly off, to off, to get-me-the-hell-out-of-here off. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 Radar love Each low-flying helicopter is outfitted with a ground penetrating radar (GPR) instrument, one that can detect layering in the near surface, at depths unobservable by orbital radar. — Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The retreat doesn’t look that alarming relative to the depths of the biotech winter experienced in early 2025. — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026 It’s created this amazing melting pot that really sets us apart from every other state, and it’s truly woven into the depths of Texas culture. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Regularly maintaining our city’s creeks and pond depths should be done. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Though that region was dubbed the whisky capital of the world in the Victorian Era – with more than 30 distilleries in its midsts – today Glen Scotia is one of just three that remain.

— Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of midsts

Noun

Jean-Pierre is an artifact of an age that looks recent on paper but feels prehistoric in practice—the age of pantsuits, the word ’empowerment,’ the musical Hamilton, the cheap therapeutic entreaties to ‘work on yourself’ and ‘lean in’ to various corporate abysses.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
On the other side of the country, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, a longtime reader favorite, is a warm alternative to sterile airport abysses.

— Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2024

Definition of abysses

Noun

SpaceX is shooting for new heights with its upcoming Starship test flight, and the booster tapped for the mission is in its final stretch of preparations before the mission.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Egyptian cinema once dominated film production across the Arab world, but output fell dramatically from its late-20th-century heights.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of heights

Noun

The Kritzers are both middles, but the Redhawks didn’t have a true right-side hitter going into the season.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Juxtapositions of seemingly unlike topics (plants and gender, feral dogs and nuclear weapons) give way to Venn diagrams, with Johnson dwelling in their overlapping middles.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Oil drilling began in the Bayou in the 1920s, a time of lawless extraction, and for decades, companies would simply dump their wastewater into large, unlined pits, allowing the fluid to seep into the ground.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
Molcajetes constructed of lava rock with pits creating a rough and not smooth nor easily cleanable surface were in the facility.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of pits

Noun

Some of the rooms are off-limits, but visitors will get to see Duke's extraordinary collection of Islamic art.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Flight imposes strict weight limits, so birds pack enormous numbers of very small neurons into very small brains.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of limits

Noun

His long tusks were pale white; the bottoms of his feet splayed out wide under his skinny legs, the better to stabilize on sand.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
The mother-of-two wore a pair of white bottoms with a matching skirt and silk angel wings across her shoulders.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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