A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
Recent Examples on the WebThe country increased the alert level in August 2023, after a spate of Quran-burning incidents sparked outrage and triggered protests in many Muslim-majority countries.—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 7 May 2024 The spate of recent negative news points to the difficulties inherent in making a complicated shift to a still-developing technology.—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for spate
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