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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
By June, expect warmer weather, with hurricane season in full swing from June through November and greater chances of swaths of sargassum seaweed descending on the region.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
Republicans have labeled the spending as wasteful and unnecessary, while Democrats have said that the various cuts to a swath of programs, including funding for public broadcasting, have caused needless harm to Americans.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Forgive them for playing to the swath of the GOP base that wants to believe the government withheld information on Epstein‘s crimes and suicide.
—Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Flash flood warnings are in effect for Washington, D.C., and swaths of Maryland and Virginia until 8:45 p.m. ET, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
—ABC News, 9 July 2025
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
Republicans have labeled the spending as wasteful and unnecessary, while Democrats have said that the various cuts to a swath of programs, including funding for public broadcasting, have caused needless harm to Americans.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Forgive them for playing to the swath of the GOP base that wants to believe the government withheld information on Epstein‘s crimes and suicide.
—Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Flash flood warnings are in effect for Washington, D.C., and swaths of Maryland and Virginia until 8:45 p.m. ET, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
—ABC News, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swath
Noun
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These days, the mat is the star of the show, having taken social media by storm in the last six months—from a triptych of photobooth strips to a selection of film slides against a moss green backdrop.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
30 July 2025
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Hue Tran and his wife, Vinh, opened the restaurant tucked at the end of a strip behind Target off Research Boulevard, in 1996.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Friday, July 25 8 p.m. ET: Great White Reign of Terror - In South Africa, two people are killed by great whites near the eastern cape, an area that hasn’t seen an attack in decades.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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The affiliated Minnesota Disability Law Center has two additional offices in Duluth and Mankato, with an outreach coordinator in the Crookston area.—
Lauren Breunig,
Twin Cities,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Russian forces will apply more pressure in other regions to further thin Ukraine’s defenses.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
31 July 2025
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In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian glide bomb attack on a local penitentiary killed 17 inmates and wounded more than 80 others in one of the deadliest strikes in the region to date.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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There’s a certain romanticism that lies at the heart of these remarkable gins, something conjured, perhaps, by that dramatic meeting of land and sea.—
Camille Berry,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Since the end of the Cold War, these munitions have given the U.S. near-total dominance on land, sea, and air.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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“Swath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swath. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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