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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El Colombiano reported Tuesday that security forces believe the arrest of four of Mordisco's brothers and the death of his girlfriend in a bombardment by the Colombian air force may have been a motivation for the recent spate of bombings.
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Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
There's a spate of dedicated builders like Space Engineers and Oxygen Not Included, and base building has also been cropping up in larger RPGs like No Man’s Sky and Starfield.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Despite a recent spate of violent offenders being paroled at relatively high rates under the Mattis decision, the overall parole rate has shrunk from 65% to 57% under Chair Angelo Gomez.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
The killings are among a spate of attacks on Palestinian schools or schoolchildren in the West Bank in recent days, which have seen a school building razed to the ground and, in a separate incident, settlers putting up razor wire to block children as young as five from getting to school.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
There's a spate of dedicated builders like Space Engineers and Oxygen Not Included, and base building has also been cropping up in larger RPGs like No Man’s Sky and Starfield.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Despite a recent spate of violent offenders being paroled at relatively high rates under the Mattis decision, the overall parole rate has shrunk from 65% to 57% under Chair Angelo Gomez.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
The killings are among a spate of attacks on Palestinian schools or schoolchildren in the West Bank in recent days, which have seen a school building razed to the ground and, in a separate incident, settlers putting up razor wire to block children as young as five from getting to school.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Spate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spate. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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: a sudden flood or rush
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