swatches

Definition of swatchesnext
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 Any kind of media or color swatches that catch your eye can be included. Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026 Who hasn’t stood in front of a wall of swatches and broken out into a cold sweat, returning to the paint store two, three, even four times? Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026 Davies had swatches and fabrics around her desk. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026 Censori comes out in a latex catsuit that required 50 swatches to capture the correct shade of blood red. Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 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 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 Browsing through the color swatches of Joybird is like looking through a kaleidoscope. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025 Review fabric swatches in your home’s natural light, and don’t rush measurements. Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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Noun
  • The Tribune became the first news organization to publish the entire 246,000-word transcript of the Watergate tapes, scooping even the government printing office by several hours.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Among the items seized during the search were all ballots, tabulator tapes from the scanners that tally the votes, electronic ballot images created when the ballots were counted and then recounted, and all voter rolls from the 2020 election.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
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  • Whitening strips blend both the natural process of oil pulling with hydrogen peroxide to safely and effectively release oxygen and hydroxyl free radicals for a brighter, whiter smile in as soon as 14 days.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • The sleeping platform includes a cutout that lifts up and secures across the trailer on two support strips on the walls.
    C.C. Weiss May 01, New Atlas, 1 May 2026

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“Swatches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swatches. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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