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a
: a row of cut grain or grass left by a scythe or mowing machine
b
: the sweep of a scythe or a machine in mowing or the path cut in one course
2
: a long broad strip or belt
3
: a stroke of or as if of a scythe
4
: a space devastated as if by a scythe
Examples of swath in a Sentence
An aerial view of the countryside shows wide swathes of green.
He cut a swath through the field with his scythe.
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After being stuck on a boss, eternally forced to run back and replay swaths of danger for just another slim shot at winning, overcoming most challenges feels less like triumph and more like someone’s mercifully loosened the belt around your neck.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
His previous two fiction features, After Yang (2021) and Columbus (2017), explore oblique cloudlike swaths of memory and grief, of simply longing to become.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Medical providers have a wide swath of imaging options to help peer inside a patient’s abdomen and assess a health concern—but sometimes, a deeper dive is needed in the form of a biopsy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2025
Rare earths are a category of minerals that are critical for a swath of products from cars to semiconductors.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
His previous two fiction features, After Yang (2021) and Columbus (2017), explore oblique cloudlike swaths of memory and grief, of simply longing to become.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Medical providers have a wide swath of imaging options to help peer inside a patient’s abdomen and assess a health concern—but sometimes, a deeper dive is needed in the form of a biopsy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2025
Rare earths are a category of minerals that are critical for a swath of products from cars to semiconductors.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Swath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swath. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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