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Recent Examples of sward
The ryegrass contains up to three different cultivars to make for a dense sward with improved bounce.
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Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The soft Smyrna rug in the hall yields to the tread like a mossy sward, while a circular art glass window fills the hall with a pleasant subdued light.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The soft Smyrna rug in the hall yields to the tread like a mossy sward, while a circular art glass window fills the hall with a pleasant subdued light.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sward
Noun
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Meanwhile, Princess Kate sat on the grass and spoke with some of the children as well about their art.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
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Traditional grass, underneath it is dirt or mud, depending on what the weather’s been like.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Water bottles, napkins and flyers were strewn on the lawn.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The memorial grew through the morning as more people arrived, laying flowers, lighting candles and placing supportive placards around the entry sign on the hospital's lawn.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This means that overseeing with a cool season grass, expect in the mildest winters, will be necessary to maintain a greensward throughout the winter months.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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Gwynns Falls and Leakin parks (there’s a seamless connection between these two greenswards) stymied the highway builders 50-plus years ago.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Aug. 2024
Noun
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With the Ryder Cup on the line, Langer faced a 6 foot putt on the 18th green.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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My hope is that the quad could once again be a place where students (and faculty) talk to one another, rather than one where everyone walks zombified about the green with their nose down and their eyes on their devices.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Sward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sward. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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