Thesaurus results for CRANNIES

crannies

noun

plural of cranny

as in crevices

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure one climbing shoe got wedged into a cranny on the face of the cliff

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Recent Examples of crannies The sensation is of walking into a bayou junk shop that’s been abandoned and left to flower, and within and around these verdant crannies, Tsimring conjures a literal electric storm. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026 And with the game’s scales tipped so far in one direction — toward players, toward equipment — the only answer for the course can be found in the greens; specifically, the smallest nooks and most inconvenient crannies of those surfaces. —

Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 16 May 2026 This handheld microfiber duster is designed to fit right into nooks and crannies to pick up dirt rather than just move it around. —

Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2026 During winter, mice are constantly looking for nooks and crannies to create nests to stay warm. —

Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026 Dreamy Whipped Frosting fills all the nooks and crannies. —

Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 May 2026 Plumbing the intriguing nooks and crannies of the source material is the same kind of extrapolation that fueled the first season, said Muschietti, who helmed the two IT movies. —

Scott Huver, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026 Every Friday, Bloomberg Intelligence senior analyst Nathan Dean gives his insights into what’s been happening and what’s coming up in the nooks and crannies of government and markets. —

Nathan R Dean, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026 Only a few empty seats lingered in Empower’s nooks and crannies. —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

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Prevent Crickets From Returning Indoors Crickets often enter the home through small cracks and crevices, so prevention starts with sealing those entry points.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 16 May 2026
Designed to crawl through tight crevices or trudge across rough terrain, X-Humanoid says they’re being built for jobs that humans would rather not do.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 15 May 2026