cleavage

“It created a cleavage with the United States that was really necessary.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

“Although race is often cited as the central cleavage in America, the single most powerful predictor of voting intention is religion,” the Economist noted.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024

Going after its leaders would risk a major cleavage.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2023

The researchers succeeded in deciphering the enzyme's mode of action at an atomic level and demonstrating the highly efficient cleavage of various glycosides.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023

Ifemelu looked at Ranyinudo’s dress, its thin straps, its pleated neckline that showed no cleavage.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“There are toxic cleavages and an incipient social fragmentation that can easily turn into instability.”

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024

Pop music has always gone hand in hand with strong opinions and heated debates — including the kinds of generational cleavages that inspire finger-wagging lectures.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2021

More recently, cleavages stemming from class, race, religion, gender, and ethnicity, split the country into antagonistic factions.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2020

Either formulation is a polite way of saying that political cleavages are not so much “I disagree with your views” as “I hate your stupid face.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2018

There were no sharp edges, no sudden cleavages in the uneven terrain.

From Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various