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Medium spin states of light N = 50 isotones have been populated using fast neutron-induced fission of $${}^{232}$$Th. Online prompt $$\gamma $$ spectroscopy has been performed using the hybrid $$\gamma $$ spectrometer $$\nu \text {-}$$Ball coupled to the LICORNE directional neutron source at the ALTO facility of IJCLab. Medium spin states of the neutron-rich nucleus $${}^{82}$$Ge have been investigated using $$\gamma $$-$$\gamma $$ and $$\gamma $$-$$\gamma $$-$$\gamma $$ coincidence data to exploit the resolving power of $$\nu \text {-}$$Ball. Two new transitions were assigned to this nucleus and a new level was placed in the level scheme. We tentatively assigned to this new state a ($$7^{+}$$) spin-parity, which is interpreted as a new $$N=50$$ core breaking state. This provides further insight into the energy evolution of the $$N=50$$ shell gap toward $${}^{78}$$Ni