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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The study provides unprecedented detail of the distribution of crevasses at different elevations of the ice sheet, and how the fissures and their distribution have been changing, Colgan said.
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Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
The fate of TikTok will determine the size of media and tech's deepening fissure.
—Hope King, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
For the last several months, conservatives have forced fissures and rifts between progressive spaces and turned earnest people on one another because of tactical disagreements.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 14 Nov. 2024
There are deep fissures in Trump’s coalition between men like Steve Bannon, who favor increased economic support for the working class, and those like Musk, who want corporations and capital to be unfettered.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
The fate of TikTok will determine the size of media and tech's deepening fissure.
—Hope King, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
For the last several months, conservatives have forced fissures and rifts between progressive spaces and turned earnest people on one another because of tactical disagreements.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 14 Nov. 2024
There are deep fissures in Trump’s coalition between men like Steve Bannon, who favor increased economic support for the working class, and those like Musk, who want corporations and capital to be unfettered.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Fissure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fissure. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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