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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For a moment, the balanced score raised questions about whether Lyonnes’ spate of splashy summer signings were up to the task against top talent.
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Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Another election had passed, and a new spate of election challenges had been filed by both sides.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Some experts cited previous waves of political violence, such as a spate of assassinations in the late 1960s, which predated online platforms.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
In a wide-ranging interview in Doha, two weeks after surviving an Israeli air-strike on a Hamas compound in the Qatari capital, Ghazi Hamad highlighted growing international condemnation of Israel’s offensive in Gaza and the spate of countries who have recognized Palestinian statehood.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
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Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Another election had passed, and a new spate of election challenges had been filed by both sides.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Some experts cited previous waves of political violence, such as a spate of assassinations in the late 1960s, which predated online platforms.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
In a wide-ranging interview in Doha, two weeks after surviving an Israeli air-strike on a Hamas compound in the Qatari capital, Ghazi Hamad highlighted growing international condemnation of Israel’s offensive in Gaza and the spate of countries who have recognized Palestinian statehood.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Spate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spate. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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: a sudden flood or rush
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