fissure

Example Sentences

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“Not every slave worked directly for their owner—just like in today’s complex fissured workplace, where not every employee is working directly for the employer with whom they signed an employment contract.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Perhaps the fissure should bring to mind Nordic depression, or familial misadventures in communication.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a crack in it that seems to represent the fissures in the family, the flaws in their facade.

From Los Angeles Times

The government majority approved the amendment on Wednesday, causing fissures among even the ruling party.

From Barron's

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

From Los Angeles Times