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
In a time when the country feels almost irreparably broken along its partisan fissures, and political comedy has become a minefield for controversy, Wood is looking to bridge the gaps in his own way, and maybe leave behind a few lessons of his own for others to pick up.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Asked about the fissure, Cortez Masto responded evenly and with diplomacy.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Johanon's remarks centered on the fissures in society.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Asked about the fissure, Cortez Masto responded evenly and with diplomacy.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Johanon's remarks centered on the fissures in society.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fissure
Noun
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One solo roach sat inside a wall crevice.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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While working in his cave, Dill found a crevice leading to an upper level.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In an exchange reproduced on screen, a fan asked Stause about her rift with Hernan.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Whether the courts view that rift as administrative failure or unlawful negligence may determine the financial futures of a generation of borrowers—and the credibility of the agency that lent to them.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Fissure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fissure. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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