as in crevice
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure
one climbing shoe got wedged into a cranny on the face of the cliff
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Recent Examples of cranny
Find unexpected nooks and crannies where a little dose of lamp light can illuminate special collections, vignettes, or even create a moment in itself.
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
What is your favorite room or tidbit or nook or cranny in there?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 July 2025
The flowers Gaines preserves have fewer nooks and crannies for moisture to hide in.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
While vacuum cleaners and spin mops work wonders on floors, tackling the hidden nooks and crannies behind the faucet, in the shower, and around floor tiles usually requires a bit more elbow grease.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
What is your favorite room or tidbit or nook or cranny in there?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 July 2025
The flowers Gaines preserves have fewer nooks and crannies for moisture to hide in.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
While vacuum cleaners and spin mops work wonders on floors, tackling the hidden nooks and crannies behind the faucet, in the shower, and around floor tiles usually requires a bit more elbow grease.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cranny
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Use the crevice tool to get in the nooks and corners of your outdoor spaces where cobwebs, dirt, small twigs, and other messes might be lurking.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
17 July 2025
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With four different brush heads this tool can tackle grout, tile and all of the dirty crevices in your bathroom.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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And Japan’s invocation of World War II is controversial in a region where fissures over Tokyo’s devastating militarism during the period sour relations with many of its neighbors to this day.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
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Race created the conditions for one of the greatest original fissures within the feminist movement, which makes Kendall’s exploration of the ways in which mainstream feminism has continued to fail women of color feel particularly timely, even five years after its publication.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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“Cranny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranny. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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