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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

Volcanoes in Iceland are capable of producing fissure eruptions that last for years or even decades, consistent with the 14 year platinum signal.

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

I kept staring at the fissure in the marble floor where two years ago Nico had banished a bunch of bloodthirsty skeletons to the Underworld.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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