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or swathes
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as in parts
a long narrow area
The mower cut a swath through the tall grass. A large swath of the country was affected by the hurricane. From the cliffside, we enjoyed a stunning view of the swath of coastline below.
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Recent Examples of swaths
Bane battled injuries that cost him swaths of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 campaigns.
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Joe Vardon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Evacuation warnings have been issued, and swaths of the community have had their power and gas turned off.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The idea behind the Tumbleweed project is to design large-scale, low-cost robotic rovers that can cover great swathes of the Martian surface while driven purely by the breeze.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Examples of this expansion include operations in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and wide swaths of Africa.
—Alexander Langlois, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
They're known for their dark brown fur with cream points, and are native to large swathes of Brazil and other parts of Latin America.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
At home, Netanyahu openly flirts with annexing large swaths of the West Bank.
—Firas Maksad, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Ragasa brought finance hub Hong Kong and swathes of southern China to a standstill on Wednesday, after barreling through remote islands in the Philippines and mountainous regions of Taiwan.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Valley fever, the disease caused by the fungus Cocciodioides, was once concentrated in the American Southwest but is now threatening vast swaths of the country.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Joe Vardon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Evacuation warnings have been issued, and swaths of the community have had their power and gas turned off.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The idea behind the Tumbleweed project is to design large-scale, low-cost robotic rovers that can cover great swathes of the Martian surface while driven purely by the breeze.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Examples of this expansion include operations in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and wide swaths of Africa.
—Alexander Langlois, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
They're known for their dark brown fur with cream points, and are native to large swathes of Brazil and other parts of Latin America.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
At home, Netanyahu openly flirts with annexing large swaths of the West Bank.
—Firas Maksad, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Ragasa brought finance hub Hong Kong and swathes of southern China to a standstill on Wednesday, after barreling through remote islands in the Philippines and mountainous regions of Taiwan.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Valley fever, the disease caused by the fungus Cocciodioides, was once concentrated in the American Southwest but is now threatening vast swaths of the country.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swaths
Noun
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One of the hardest parts of shelter life is social isolation.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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In recent months, China expanded visa waivers to tourists from much of Europe, Asia, and parts of the Middle East, sought to attract more international students to its universities and exchange programs, and boosted its trade and diplomatic relationships with the rest of the world.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, the operations supervisor in the tower was focused on trying to fix a printer which prints strips of paper with flight information and had jammed.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Along with its main collection that included the introduction of the new Maro geometric bag with loose napa leather strips knotted on the sides, Serapian displayed iterations of its iconic styles revisited by British designer Bethan Laura Wood.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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His work with rural counties has earned favorable notices, but in urban areas like Phoenix, many of the experts in Joan's reporting raised questions about Livar's effectiveness.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Miner did not say whether a decline in international students would hurt UC's finances but indicated that administrators are shifting enrollment efforts to other areas abroad.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Swaths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swaths. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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