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fissure

[fish-er] / ˈfɪʃ ər /
NOUN
gap
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a warmer tone at this year’s Munich Security Conference, but European officials say the trans-Atlantic fissure remains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The platinum spike may have come from a volcanic fissure eruption in Iceland rather than an object from space.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

Though most of the film is spent building up to this fissure, “Oh. What. Fun.” stumbles when Claire and her family separate.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

Asked about the fissure, Cortez Masto responded evenly and with diplomacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

We dragged our boats across the beach toward a sea cave, its entrance a black fissure in a hill of rocks.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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