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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The stock market ended the week higher as Wall Street speculated on how a spate of economic releases would impact the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
This recent spate of work has provided fresh insights into how to do so.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
Two men were killed and eight people wounded in a spate of shootings over a bloody six-hour span in New York City stretching into early Sunday, cops said.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
That’s on top of a heavy spate of backlogged national security missions ULA will need to fly as well.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2025
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
This recent spate of work has provided fresh insights into how to do so.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
Two men were killed and eight people wounded in a spate of shootings over a bloody six-hour span in New York City stretching into early Sunday, cops said.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
That’s on top of a heavy spate of backlogged national security missions ULA will need to fly as well.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2025
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“Spate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spate. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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: a sudden flood or rush
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