as in crevice
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure
lava flows up through a fissure in the earth's crust
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Recent Examples of fissure
Winning tends to mask or mend fissures in any group, of course.
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Kansas City Star, 24 July 2025
And the fissure over Jeffrey Epstein disclosures has exposed a slip in Trump’s grip on the GOP.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 22 July 2025
Both Grijalva, 54, and Foxx described themselves as progressives, but fissures emerged during the campaign over the issue of generational change.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 16 July 2025
And Japan’s invocation of World War II is controversial in a region where fissures over Tokyo’s devastating militarism during the period sour relations with many of its neighbors to this day.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
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Kansas City Star, 24 July 2025
And the fissure over Jeffrey Epstein disclosures has exposed a slip in Trump’s grip on the GOP.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 22 July 2025
Both Grijalva, 54, and Foxx described themselves as progressives, but fissures emerged during the campaign over the issue of generational change.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 16 July 2025
And Japan’s invocation of World War II is controversial in a region where fissures over Tokyo’s devastating militarism during the period sour relations with many of its neighbors to this day.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fissure
Noun
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The roomy dustbin didn’t need constant emptying, and the crevice tool came in clutch for picking up crumbs between couch cushions and from the tight corners of car seats.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Aphonopelma Chiricahua: Named after the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, this large, black-bodied species dwells in crevices and rocky burrows.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The party is struggling to reconcile progressive critics of Israel with traditional pro-Israel allies, a rift that could soon force a broader identity shift.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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The family rift stems from an infamous September 2016 private plane ride from Europe when an allegedly drunk Pitt became angry and physical with Jolie, their oldest son Maddox and some of the other children.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Fissure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fissure. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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