fissure
noun
a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
fissures
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pluralof fissure.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Celebrated Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda specializes in gentle, sentimental films about the tiny fissures that form along the foundation of families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
As Hass delicately puts it, “The open divergences between Washington and its partners over the war’s legitimacy, execution, and fallout have exposed fissures that risk metastasizing to other issue areas over time.”
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
In recent days, there have been public fissures between Iran’s civilian leadership and military hard-liners in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps over how much to bend to U.S. demands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
He’s doing this in a way that exposes serious fissures within his own party?
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2026
Then I looked down and saw fissures in the pavement.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
