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as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper
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Recent Examples of swathe
Sacks spends her alone time in the spa-like bathroom, which Miller swathed in a saturated cobalt from Backdrop.
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Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 5 June 2025
The trim in this tidy entryway is coated in Farrow & Ball’s French Gray (No. 18), and the walls are swathed in Benjamin Moore’s Simply White (OC-117).
—Katie Akin, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Suede: Nike and adidas, as well as other major shoe brands, commonly use suede overlays to spice up their white sneakers’ uppers — but there are also certain styles whose profiles are almost fully swathed in suede, like the spanking-new sneaker mule from Larroudé.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
The accommodations are swathed in earthy tones, with woven-grass wallpaper and textured furniture; those cork chairs and lampshades were designed by South African studio HK.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
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Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 5 June 2025
The trim in this tidy entryway is coated in Farrow & Ball’s French Gray (No. 18), and the walls are swathed in Benjamin Moore’s Simply White (OC-117).
—Katie Akin, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Suede: Nike and adidas, as well as other major shoe brands, commonly use suede overlays to spice up their white sneakers’ uppers — but there are also certain styles whose profiles are almost fully swathed in suede, like the spanking-new sneaker mule from Larroudé.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
The accommodations are swathed in earthy tones, with woven-grass wallpaper and textured furniture; those cork chairs and lampshades were designed by South African studio HK.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swathe
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Jeffrey Scott Collins has wrapped upcoming UK horror film The Cage, starring Tamzin Merchant (Carnival Row), Edmund Kingsley (Dirty Angels), Raffiella Chapman (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) and unveiled investment in his production company This Seems Reel Entertainment.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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Production is nearly wrapped with over 2,000 recording hours logged to date to create these unabridged adaptations.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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Julianne Finch, a Bakersfield financial advisor, bandaged blisters on her feet.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it!—
Lynn Zovighian,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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These moons are enveloped in an outer surface made of ice, yet many also have vast subsurface oceans hidden beneath their crust.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
30 July 2025
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It's resolved in good binoculars and small telescopes as a bright gray-green mist enveloping the middle star of the three in line that marks the hunter's sword.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
28 July 2025
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Still luxurious, still driven by French technique, still underscored by classical dishes, yet still shrouded by the reputation and menus of the Inn’s meat and potato past.—
Kristin L. Wolfe,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Although much about the exact specifications of the Su-57 and the F-22 are shrouded in secrecy, the Raptor generally comes out on top as the most advanced aircraft, Mertens said.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Well, more of a cross between a bed and a trunk; it was completely enclosed, with a single-piece tonneau that hinged upwards like a sedan’s rear hatch and a pair of side-opening doors instead of a fold-down tailgate.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
5 Aug. 2025
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This system used early computers and data networking to communicate about that mythical Soviet air attack, and without explicit knowledge, beyond the purview of consent, Pynchon knew that Americans of the 1960s were being enclosed in a vast, dangerous, inhuman, technological system.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Swathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swathe. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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