: vast
call spirits from the vasty deep—
William Shakespeare
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the days when intrepid explorers sailed the vasty deep in small vessels
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But in room after room, the vasty majority of the objects were mute and meaningless, and only those that somehow referenced other periods of crisis spoke with clarity.
—Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2020
The Globe reports that Breggin spent most of Monday morning painting a vasty different picture of Carter than the one presented by prosecutors last week.
—Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2017
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Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2020
The Globe reports that Breggin spent most of Monday morning painting a vasty different picture of Carter than the one presented by prosecutors last week.
—Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2017
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“Vasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vasty. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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