swatches

plural of swatch
as in tapes
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 swatches There is only one upholstery option (light pebble), but swatches are available for free upon request. Emily Hein, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • No real effort is made to stop audio bootleggers, and pristine tapes of these shows have emerged, but the video documentation is scattershot and borderline unwatchable since the rule-breakers are often miles from the stage and forced to film at covert angles.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In October 2010, nine boxes of paperwork and audio tapes were removed from the paper’s newsroom.
    Nick Davies, Air Mail, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Winocour does better with some of the specifics, like the red adhesive biopsy strips placed around Maxine’s breasts, mirroring the patterning tape on mannequins in the workshop.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The adhesive strips on these nursing pads help keep them in place, even throughout the night.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Swatches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swatches. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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