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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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The unsettled weather will begin with a swath of heavy rain, flooding and potentially severe weather from the Southern Plains into the Ohio Valley on May 2, stretching from Texas into southern Pennsylvania.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 May 2025
SpaceX has purchased large swaths of land here and employs more than 3,000 people.
—Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Trump turned over from the Interior Department to the Department of Defense a swath of land at the southern border that crosses three states — California, Arizona and New Mexico — known as the Roosevelt Reservation.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
The spacecraft's orbit crosses a vast swath of the globe between 52° North and 52° South latitude, which includes most of Earth's populated regions, including southern parts of the U.K., large parts of Europe, Asia, Russia, Canada and northern parts of the U.S..
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 May 2025
SpaceX has purchased large swaths of land here and employs more than 3,000 people.
—Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Trump turned over from the Interior Department to the Department of Defense a swath of land at the southern border that crosses three states — California, Arizona and New Mexico — known as the Roosevelt Reservation.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
The spacecraft's orbit crosses a vast swath of the globe between 52° North and 52° South latitude, which includes most of Earth's populated regions, including southern parts of the U.K., large parts of Europe, Asia, Russia, Canada and northern parts of the U.S..
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Swath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swath. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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