loopholes

noun

plural of loophole
as in crevices

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  1. crevices
  2. fissures
  3. slits
  4. crannies
  5. tears
  6. rifts
  7. breaches
  8. chinks
Noun
  • Grab your soft brush and gently sweep any dust out of hard-to-reach crevices (think carved detailing, small corners, or shelving joints).
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 23 July 2026
  • Other signs of bed bugs include ink-like speckled stains on fabrics, shed exoskeletons around crevices of beds and furniture and a sweet, musty smell.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Definition of crevices
Noun
  • While effective in winning the war, the new government faced social and political fissures in the postwar period.
    — Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
  • So, too, does the idea that a soccer coach could close fissures that even the well-meaning among career politicians have failed to seal.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
Definition of fissures
Noun
  • Leg slits offer more breathability and comfort for shorter wearers.
    — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2026
  • So consider opting for this breezy style with a V-neckline, cap sleeves, side slits, roomy pockets, and a curved hem.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
Definition of slits
Noun
  • Because spills always seem to settle in the most inconvenient spots (like the bottom of your produce drawer), a dishwasher can help reach all the nooks and crannies that are hard to clean by hand.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026
  • And the swifts have adapted to live with humans, raising their young in the nooks and crannies of buildings and other structures.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 22 July 2026
Definition of crannies
Noun
  • The primary players expected to miss the start of preseason camp next week are recovering from ACL tears, not soft-tissue injuries.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The term was coined in 1981 based on the cases of four elderly women in Wisconsin who, like the man, had severe destruction of their shoulder joints and massive tears to their rotator cuffs.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Definition of tears
Noun
  • Iran’s leaders project resolve while internal rifts deepen over whether to negotiate with Washington.
    — Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The couple has experienced numerous ups and downs since their April 2011 wedding but stuck together through tough times, including family rifts, the deaths of the Queen and Prince Philip and Charles and Kate’s cancer battles.
    — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of rifts
Noun
  • The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared and even top developers can be caught off-guard by flaws their models can exploit.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report, for example, highlights software vulnerabilities and ransomware as major sources of breaches, not side-channel attacks as a routine entry point.
    — Chetan Jaiswal, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Definition of breaches
Noun
  • The result is a fiery and impassioned offering that finds the veteran fully engaged and intent on proving no chinks have been left in his armor despite his tenuous back-and-forth with his Compton counterpart.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 May 2026
  • Does the bazaar allow for chinks in the kind of class barriers that would usually exist?
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Definition of chinks
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