swatch

as in tape
a small piece of cloth that is used as a sample for choosing colors, fabrics, etc. She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes.

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Recent Examples of swatch The essential silhouette is available in nine rich colors of the recycled velvet and five swatches of the upcycled poly. Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 25 Apr. 2025 To take but one example, the riots that convulsed swatches of England and Northern Ireland last year were fueled by social media accounts claiming sickening crimes by immigrants, amplified by right-wing accounts. David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2025 With Natalie Kalmus out of the picture, swatches of Technicolor lost all inhibitions. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025 There are experts on hand from Aston Martin’s bespoke Q division, along with countless paint and trim swatches. Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swatch
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Noun
  • Now, these stocks are individually showing signs of downside exhaustion, and because healthcare stocks generally hold defensive properties, their relative performance should improve in a weaker tape.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 19 May 2025
  • Bring two round glass flasks, volleyball-sized but with the air vacuumed out, wrapped in surgical tape for safety.
    Ashley Braun, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • The road south from Khartoum was a black tarmac strip through flat scrubland.
    Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • The strip gained rapid popularity in the 1990s for its humorous take on workplace culture, bureaucracy, and managerial incompetence, resonating particularly with tech and engineering professionals.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025

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“Swatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swatch. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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