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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
Turkey has long backed various rebel groups and has de-facto control of swaths of the north.
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Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
No, the Blackhawks are literally unwatchable for a huge swath of their fans.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
Wide swaths of the population will get caught up in the dragnets.
—Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 6 Dec. 2024
The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes, swaths of gray and brown under a deep blue sky.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
No, the Blackhawks are literally unwatchable for a huge swath of their fans.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
Wide swaths of the population will get caught up in the dragnets.
—Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 6 Dec. 2024
The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes, swaths of gray and brown under a deep blue sky.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for swath
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swath
Noun
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Most women and girls in Undi instead use fabric strips cut from traditional wrap skirts.Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
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These light strips also appear in our best smart lighting guide.Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
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Salerno said highs for the region this time of year in the desert are typically in the 70s and 60s in higher terrain areas.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Instead of focusing solely on saturated areas, ask where healthcare innovation is genuinely lacking.Janet Zhang, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rather than offer the vehicles for sale to farmers in such regions, the idea here is for producers to book space on a truck to transport goods to market – rather than piling everything atop a bicycle and pushing it along dirt roads themselves.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2024
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California’s three largest utility companies are all considering shutting off power in regions where dangerously strong winds are expected to heighten wildfire risk this week.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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That evening, in the no man’s land, a field strewn with empty water bottles, four Shia families sat on a picnic blanket around a burner attached to a gas tank, looking scared and drinking yerba mate.Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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Barriers To New Development: Is there available land nearby, and what are the entitlement barriers to building competing shopping centers?Mike Hazinski, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Swath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swath. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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