CLEAVAGE Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

cleavage

noun

ˈklē-vij

as in split

the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces the cleavages of an egg as an embryo develops

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Recent Examples on the Web Such wars are more likely when a state’s political, social, economic, and geographic cleavages generally converge so that political parties, economic classes, and geographic areas all broadly align. —

Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024 In the original, the game would reward you for taking provocative pics of female characters, dead or alive, when underwear or cleavage were in the frame. —

Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024 State censorship has also taken aim at other areas, including a ban on women’s cleavage on TV. —

Chris Lau, CNN, 30 July 2024 The issues at the heart of the U.S.-Chinese competition, for instance—such as 5G and the Taiwan Strait—do not overlap with the core political cleavages within many of Asia’s swing states. —

Paul Staniland, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for cleavage

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