as in fissures
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure
steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano
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Recent Examples of crevices
Remove the cushions and vacuum both sides and the crevices where the back and sides join.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Pests can make their way into these small crevices easily, so keeping your appliances clean and free of food will prevent bugs from feasting in your kitchen.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Wiping your shoes on a doormat doesn’t help much, either, since most shoes have soles with crevices that collect germs and bacteria.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The reptile, which hibernates individually in holes, burrows or rock crevices, prefers to live along ridgelines and bluffs, especially on south and southwest facing slopes.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
Sandwiched in the crevices between the two urges was a part of me that wanted to believe.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The river there was sandwiched by canyons, making the water difficult to access by boat and providing plenty of crevices for mussels to hide.
—Alex Music
august 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2025
Going over concrete pavers was a bit more challenging, since the wheels would get stuck in the crevices.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
Soot and other small particles can lodge in crevices of organs, including lungs and arteries, and cause inflammation, according to Vin Gupta, a practicing pulmonologist and medical spokesperson for the American Lung Association.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Pests can make their way into these small crevices easily, so keeping your appliances clean and free of food will prevent bugs from feasting in your kitchen.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Wiping your shoes on a doormat doesn’t help much, either, since most shoes have soles with crevices that collect germs and bacteria.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The reptile, which hibernates individually in holes, burrows or rock crevices, prefers to live along ridgelines and bluffs, especially on south and southwest facing slopes.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
Sandwiched in the crevices between the two urges was a part of me that wanted to believe.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The river there was sandwiched by canyons, making the water difficult to access by boat and providing plenty of crevices for mussels to hide.
—Alex Music
august 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2025
Going over concrete pavers was a bit more challenging, since the wheels would get stuck in the crevices.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
Soot and other small particles can lodge in crevices of organs, including lungs and arteries, and cause inflammation, according to Vin Gupta, a practicing pulmonologist and medical spokesperson for the American Lung Association.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crevices
fissures
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Israel's devastating attack on Gaza, which has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians, including over 18,000 children, is exposing deep ideological fissures on the American Right.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Vegetation also can conceal deep fissures and cracks.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Crevices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevices. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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