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Recent Examples of swatches
Any kind of media or color swatches that catch your eye can be included.
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Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026
Who hasn’t stood in front of a wall of swatches and broken out into a cold sweat, returning to the paint store two, three, even four times?
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Davies had swatches and fabrics around her desk.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
Censori comes out in a latex catsuit that required 50 swatches to capture the correct shade of blood red.
—Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Malarkey created it using a pale lime zest polish on most nails, with abstract swatches on the others.
—Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
For the holiday season, Groves is offering up a gift box that includes swatches and ideas for a custom pair of gifted shoes, based on the recipient’s personality and preferences.
—Katie Abel, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
Browsing through the color swatches of Joybird is like looking through a kaleidoscope.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
Review fabric swatches in your home’s natural light, and don’t rush measurements.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026
Who hasn’t stood in front of a wall of swatches and broken out into a cold sweat, returning to the paint store two, three, even four times?
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Davies had swatches and fabrics around her desk.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
Censori comes out in a latex catsuit that required 50 swatches to capture the correct shade of blood red.
—Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Malarkey created it using a pale lime zest polish on most nails, with abstract swatches on the others.
—Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
For the holiday season, Groves is offering up a gift box that includes swatches and ideas for a custom pair of gifted shoes, based on the recipient’s personality and preferences.
—Katie Abel, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
Browsing through the color swatches of Joybird is like looking through a kaleidoscope.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
Review fabric swatches in your home’s natural light, and don’t rush measurements.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swatches
Noun
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His tapes are stored by genre in dedicated cupboards with closing doors.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Over the past two weeks, fans started posting online about mysterious VHS tapes arriving in the mail, reportedly sent out by Warp.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Authorities deployed spike strips, but the suspect maneuvered around them and kept going, leading police on a chase that lasted nearly 30 minutes before heading onto the Bay Bridge.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Video shows officers deploying spike strips to stop the Honda, but the driver led officers on a nearly 30-minute pursuit through city streets and onto the freeway.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Swatches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swatches. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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