Thesaurus results for FISSURES

fissures

noun

plural of fissure

as in crevices

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 fissures On a historic square in Savannah, with live oaks cloaked in Spanish moss, Aaron Whitley, the Chatham County Democratic Party chair, says Ossoff has managed to transcend those fissures better than most. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 Wilson explores these relational fissures throughout the novel but does not resolve them. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026 The model also accounts for major geologic faults because the bedrock layer in those areas is more likely to have cracks and fissures, according to Campbell. — Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026 The pitched and often emotional vote over Proposition 40 exposed deep fissures in the state party over how to respond to growing grassroots anger over wealth inequality. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026 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 The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures. — News Desk, Artforum, 17 June 2026 Some of these fissures are healing, but the relationship between Wilson and the organization, including key former teammates, is not helping his candidacy. — Mike Sando, New York Times, 5 June 2026

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High-pressure washing can force water into seals and crevices, damage weatherstripping, and strip paint—especially on doors that are already showing signs of chipping or peeling.

— Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2026
Unapproved use of old cardboard pieces placed in underside crevices below the center prep table.

— Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of crevices

Noun

But the war is deepening all these rifts and creating new ones.

— Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
Harry and Meghan’s departure reflected both the larger struggle Black Brits and Americans face and the no-contact rifts that increasingly divide many families.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of rifts

Noun

Our geologists suspect that the polygons outline fractures that formed through drying, like cracks in mud do, or through thermal cycles, or compression.

— Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Several popular budgeting apps can spot subscriptions that may have fallen through the cracks.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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