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or swathe
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as in strip
a long narrow area
The mower cut a swath through the tall grass. A large swath of the country was affected by the hurricane. From the cliffside, we enjoyed a stunning view of the swath of coastline below.
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Recent Examples of swath
What applies to one artist thus applies across the board to an entire swath of artists who are, again in a very broad sense, deemed similarly historically valid or invalid.
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Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
On September 16, 2024, Netflix officially announced the green light for another swath of episodes.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
Polls are only as good as their sample: the wider, more representative swath of the public that responds to polling calls, the better the data.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Rainstorms that started on Tuesday and continued overnight caused flooding in a wide swath of southern and eastern Spain, stretching from Malaga to Valencia.
—Joseph Wilson and Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
On September 16, 2024, Netflix officially announced the green light for another swath of episodes.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
Polls are only as good as their sample: the wider, more representative swath of the public that responds to polling calls, the better the data.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Rainstorms that started on Tuesday and continued overnight caused flooding in a wide swath of southern and eastern Spain, stretching from Malaga to Valencia.
—Joseph Wilson and Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swath
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Washington state, for instance, in 2011 transferred a 2.5-mile strip of state road 522 to the Seattle suburb of Bothell.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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Two parallel low-friction strips lay along the mouse’s belly, while the power switch and sensor remain nestled up top.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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The handcuffed teenager was buckled into the front seat of Truong’s patrol vehicle because there was not a caged holding area for detainees in the back seat of that particular vehicle.Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Read Next: What Do Black Bears Eat? Black bears can quickly grow accustomed to a recurring food source in a particular area.Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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The company maintains a tax holiday for a subsidiary in the APAC region, which contributed to a lower effective tax rate of 13.7% for the year.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Washington sees Indonesia, the most populous country in Southeast Asia, as an important partner in a region where its rival Beijing has deep trade and investment ties.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Because, in this land of weak governments and cowardly corporations, the Coastal Commission is the rare California institution with a spine.Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The Apollo Guidance Computer, which helped land astronauts on the moon, had only 72 KB of ROM and 4 KB of RAM—far less than basic modern devices.Yuval Boger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Swath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swath. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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