Examples of spate in a Sentence
A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
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The Wolf Fire joins a spate of brush fires that have broken out in the region, including in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 29 June 2025
But the increasingly obvious wastefulness of that approach has also bred a spate of marvelous mash-ups.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 27 June 2025
In response to a spate of wildfires in Southern California earlier this year, T-Mobile activated more than 350 T-Priority hotspots and routers to allow the Los Angeles Fire Department to use the dedicated slice of the provider’s 5G network.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The incidents are the latest in a spate of transit thefts.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 29 June 2025
But the increasingly obvious wastefulness of that approach has also bred a spate of marvelous mash-ups.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 27 June 2025
In response to a spate of wildfires in Southern California earlier this year, T-Mobile activated more than 350 T-Priority hotspots and routers to allow the Los Angeles Fire Department to use the dedicated slice of the provider’s 5G network.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The incidents are the latest in a spate of transit thefts.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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“Spate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spate. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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: a sudden flood or rush
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