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fissure

[fish-er] / ˈfɪʃ ər /
NOUN
gap
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The fossil remains were recovered from fissure deposits located on both sides of the Bristol Channel in southern Wales and southwest England.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

The bus fell into three-metre-wide ice fissure on Friday, Kobzev said in a post on Telegram.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

And out the demons came—from every cave and crevice, through every fissure and crack, from under the rocks and up from the mud, stomping and shuffling, slithering and sliding, through the murky shadows.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster




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