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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
That was in January, just a few days after fires devastated large swaths of Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The purchase raised questions about Sun’s motives — namely, why would someone with ties to the Chinese Communist Party want to buy such a large swath of land so close to a U.S. military installation?
—Mike Johanns, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
In the nineteen-twenties, the era of Prohibition, locals started to refer to Johnson City as Little Chicago, owing to a thriving criminal underworld in the city and in a surrounding swath of Appalachia.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Additionally, large swaths that were once used to mine phosphate deposits (an ingredient in fertilizer) have both dried up and made some 80 percent of the land uninhabitable, according to The Guardian.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The purchase raised questions about Sun’s motives — namely, why would someone with ties to the Chinese Communist Party want to buy such a large swath of land so close to a U.S. military installation?
—Mike Johanns, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
In the nineteen-twenties, the era of Prohibition, locals started to refer to Johnson City as Little Chicago, owing to a thriving criminal underworld in the city and in a surrounding swath of Appalachia.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Additionally, large swaths that were once used to mine phosphate deposits (an ingredient in fertilizer) have both dried up and made some 80 percent of the land uninhabitable, according to The Guardian.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swath
Noun
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Swaying overhead, the aerial strip was roughly 1,300 feet long — more than 3 ½ football fields.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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The strip is located within the Roosevelt Reservation—federal land designated for border security by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Pep Guardiola needs fresh creativity in the attacking midfield area and Wirtz would have been perfect for this role.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Just make sure to test any homemade solution on a small, hidden area first.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The researchers found that different neural patterns in this region correspond to different sounds—a process that mirrors how human brains encode speech.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ethiopia is facing recurring conflict in some of its regions including Tigray, which is recovering from a two-year conflict, Amhara and Oromia.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The property encompasses a generous 6,100 square feet of land.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2025
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The fire was about five miles northwest of Mill Spring on private land near Lake Adger.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Swath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swath. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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