fault line

noun

: something resembling a fault : split, rift

… a major conceptual fault line in foreign policy …

—Morton Kondracke

Examples of fault line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Fractured Response From Governing Bodies ​Within days of Amodei’s request, the major powers responded, exposing the fault lines in global AI governance. — Stephen Pitt-Walker, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

The president also drew fault lines over the response to Hurricane Helene. — Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

But Israel and the war in Gaza became a defining fault line in the race. — Steve Inskeep, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

The controversy exposes a growing fault line in the arts over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. — Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fault line

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline