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as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper
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Recent Examples of swathe
There’s a note of self-congratulation running through this work too — tricky to pinpoint because it comes swathed in both twee humility and real suffering.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2026
At night in Havana, the stars are often clearly visible as most of the city is swathed in near total darkness.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Lunar mountains in the south will come into view, swathed in color.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Elevate the Eat-In Kitchen While most of the layout was left untouched, the Voigts opted to overhaul the cooking space, trading the original dark built-ins for bright cabinetry painted Linen White (912) and swathing the ceiling in sky blue Smoke (2122-40, at 50%), both by Benjamin Moore.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2026
At night in Havana, the stars are often clearly visible as most of the city is swathed in near total darkness.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Lunar mountains in the south will come into view, swathed in color.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Elevate the Eat-In Kitchen While most of the layout was left untouched, the Voigts opted to overhaul the cooking space, trading the original dark built-ins for bright cabinetry painted Linen White (912) and swathing the ceiling in sky blue Smoke (2122-40, at 50%), both by Benjamin Moore.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swathe
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Keep it light and clever, yet commit to a piece long enough to actually wrap it, whether that means editing your podcast or rehearsing your lines once.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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During warm-ups on Tuesday, Donovan Sebrango appeared to have been the only Panthers player to wrap rainbow tape onto his hockey stick.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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His face was scratched and his arm was bandaged.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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He was hooked up to an IV along with several monitors and his arm and hand were bandaged.—
Ashley Hume , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Unger, who lives in Clearwater, has a reputation for solid stand-alone thrillers that have landed on bestseller lists, with unusual plots and unconventional motives shrouded in dark-but-not-oppressive atmospheres.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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The whole process was shrouded in mystery to me.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
24 Mar. 2026
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At other times, the cloak reads as an exterior, modulated, flowing sculptural layer—almost like a cloud that envelops the building, as with the Luma Tower in Arles, France.—
Norman Foster,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sunny skies and mild breezes are enveloping the Pharmalot campus once again.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
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To prevent the genetic material from disassembling too quickly, vaccine developers enclose the mRNA in a specialized mix of tiny fatty molecules called lipid nanoparticles.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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The footage showed tubes with ruptures and other damaged structures that used to be inside the pressure vessel, which originally was enclosed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Swathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swathe. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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