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Recent Examples of swash
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
This cushiony highlighter deposits a swash of subtle champagne, rose quartz, or gold while the squalane (the secret star of the show) provides moisture for a long-lasting look that provides a skin-like, never cakey, finish.
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Anamaria Glavan,
Allure,
5 Oct. 2024
The dessert menu is just as backward-looking (or, more generously, classic-minded) as the savory offerings: cheesecake with a swash of berry sauce, dark chocolate pot de crème.
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Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
30 June 2024
Glow Set a travel necessity—perfect for quick makeup touch-ups, passing through TSA, or a shimmering swash of color.
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Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
5 Nov. 2021
Hollywood’s history is rich with swash-buckling scenes.
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Allison Prang,
WSJ,
22 Oct. 2021
Some big trout are still in the swash on the beach at dawn, though this action will slow as the water continues to warm—topwaters get them.
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Frank Sargeant,
al,
18 June 2021
Verb
Recurring character Goro Majima swashes his buckles as the sole protagonist, taking to the seas having suffered from an almighty case of pirate amnesia.
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Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
Mole crabs burrow themselves in the intertidal swash zone but leave their antennae exposed above the surface to trap food like algae and plankton.
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Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
This cushiony highlighter deposits a swash of subtle champagne, rose quartz, or gold while the squalane (the secret star of the show) provides moisture for a long-lasting look that provides a skin-like, never cakey, finish.
—
Anamaria Glavan,
Allure,
5 Oct. 2024
The dessert menu is just as backward-looking (or, more generously, classic-minded) as the savory offerings: cheesecake with a swash of berry sauce, dark chocolate pot de crème.
—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
30 June 2024
Glow Set a travel necessity—perfect for quick makeup touch-ups, passing through TSA, or a shimmering swash of color.
—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
5 Nov. 2021
Hollywood’s history is rich with swash-buckling scenes.
—
Allison Prang,
WSJ,
22 Oct. 2021
Some big trout are still in the swash on the beach at dawn, though this action will slow as the water continues to warm—topwaters get them.
—
Frank Sargeant,
al,
18 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swash
Verb
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When so many players are donning pink, arguably the most visible cleats at this year’s tournament are those splashed with any other color.
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If your idea of a bucket-list trip includes your furry friend digging holes in the sand and splashing around in the surf, then add Rehoboth Beach to the top of your list.
Noun
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After Bores entered the race, super PACs tied to investors in ChatGPT maker OpenAI unleashed a torrent of spending aimed at torpedoing his campaign.
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After applying steady pressure against Haiti in the opening minutes, Brazil broke through with an offensive torrent.
Noun
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Featuring Run the Jewels’ El-P and Killer Mike at peak swagger, the single earned RIAA gold certification, racked up more than 120 million Spotify streams and became virtually unavoidable across film trailers, television, commercials and video games.
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Accordingly, the 50-seat restaurant’s service staff and design exude a confident swagger.
Verb
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Its influence is forecast to ripple around the planet, shifting weather patterns for months to come.
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The central installation, From the Depths of the Sea (2026), features a large photographic image of the ocean suspended on fishing lines, creating a surface that appears to ripple and shift with the viewer’s movement.
Noun
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Dam Removal Europe found that the number of dams dismantled in 2025, along with other water-flow controls like weirs, culverts and sluices, grew by 11% from the year before.
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The archways are furnished with sluice gates that can open to allow excess water to pass through in periods of flooding.
Noun
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Wit and sass are sexy as Mercury and Jupiter harmonize.
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Verbs can deliver the sass of a runway model and a good degree of brushoff.
Noun
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The largest among them, the Hardy Dam on the Muskegon River, needs a multi-hundred-million-dollar spillway upgrade to comply with modern flood safety standards.
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Jurado said that pollution and turbidity in the spillway discharge is a concern, too.
Noun
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The closest the data center would be to Weston Gardens is 370 feet, said Riley, due to a wooded floodway and floodplain between the Black Mountain property and Weston’s.
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Call it resilience, call it infrastructure, call it economic development—just build it before the next 8-year-old goes to sleep in a floodway.
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“Swash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swash. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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