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Recent Examples of swatch
From rich velvet to chenille, there are also lots of ways to nail the right fabric swatch to match your existing decor.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
Malarkey created it using a pale lime zest polish on most nails, with abstract swatches on the others.
—Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
Much of Pantone’s business is selling color-swatch guides to designers, artists, and marketers to ensure this uniformity, which is hugely important to their jobs.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
For the holiday season, Groves is offering up a gift box that includes swatches and ideas for a custom pair of gifted shoes, based on the recipient’s personality and preferences.
—Katie Abel, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
Malarkey created it using a pale lime zest polish on most nails, with abstract swatches on the others.
—Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
Much of Pantone’s business is selling color-swatch guides to designers, artists, and marketers to ensure this uniformity, which is hugely important to their jobs.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
For the holiday season, Groves is offering up a gift box that includes swatches and ideas for a custom pair of gifted shoes, based on the recipient’s personality and preferences.
—Katie Abel, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swatch
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During his very first talk show appearance onThe Ellen Show that same year, Dane joked about the famous scene and the use of double-stick tape to an audience of screaming women, clearly enjoying the crowd's appreciative mewls and hollers.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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Not only were the players far more portable than turntables but unlike records, tapes were resilient to being tossed about.—
Oliver Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Sierra Leone's capital is tucked on a strip of land between the national park and the Atlantic.—
ED DAVEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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Attached to the bottom of their skis are skins — essentially strips of grippy carpet — that keep them from sliding backwards.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Swatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swatch. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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