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 Ministry of Environment blamed this year’s surge on a poor acorn harvest – which drove a similar spate of attacks in 2023.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The show, which debuted on Tuesday on Hulu, landed with a thud and garnered a jaw-dropping zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes from its initial spate of reviews, which included scathing takedowns from the Guardian, the Hollywood Reporter and the UK’s The Times.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 5 Nov. 2025
But as the region enjoys a recent surge in popularity, it’s welcomed a spate of new projects that continue to add to its vast tourism landscape.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
This caveat is reflected in the spate of mass layoffs that large tech companies have conducted over the past couple of months.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The show, which debuted on Tuesday on Hulu, landed with a thud and garnered a jaw-dropping zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes from its initial spate of reviews, which included scathing takedowns from the Guardian, the Hollywood Reporter and the UK’s The Times.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 5 Nov. 2025
But as the region enjoys a recent surge in popularity, it’s welcomed a spate of new projects that continue to add to its vast tourism landscape.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
This caveat is reflected in the spate of mass layoffs that large tech companies have conducted over the past couple of months.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Spate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spate. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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: a sudden flood or rush
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