clefts

plural of cleft
as in fissures
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure my fishing line managed to get wedged in a cleft in the rocks

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Noun
  • Wyatt exited and then returned to the project amid creative fissures, including wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Trump is facing a catch-22 in the face of growing fissures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and mounting departures of scientists and experts over vaccine policy.
    Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Key prevention strategies include sealing cracks and crevices in walls, roofs, and around windows and doors.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The females wait folded within crevices in bark.
    Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Clefts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clefts. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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