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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
An image captured less than 24 hours after the floodwaters rushed in shows inundated farmlands and vegetation stripped from large swathes of agricultural land.
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Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
There were entire generations of people who simply had to live with their poor eyesight, making vision impairment a palpable issue for huge swaths of the population.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The outage landed at a sensitive time, just hours before Microsoft’s quarterly earnings release and barely a week after Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a similar meltdown that took down large swaths of the web.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Some researchers think that since the last Ice Age Indigenous tribes burned swaths of woodlands to create an environment enticing to game animals.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025
What To Know The NWS issued several dense fog advisories affecting wide swathes of Texas early Monday morning, with NWS offices in Midland, Lubbock, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo, and San Antonio issuing the alerts.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
But by the 1970s and early 1980s, large swathes of tracks had been abandoned, due to the decline of industries that depended on them and the construction of the interstate highway system.
—Pam Leblanc, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Frostbite subsumed large swaths of their bodies.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
The Amazon cloud computing company, which is known as AWS and which supports wide swaths of the publicly available internet, issued early on Monday a series of updates on an apparent issue.
—Jessica Gorman, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
There were entire generations of people who simply had to live with their poor eyesight, making vision impairment a palpable issue for huge swaths of the population.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The outage landed at a sensitive time, just hours before Microsoft’s quarterly earnings release and barely a week after Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a similar meltdown that took down large swaths of the web.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Some researchers think that since the last Ice Age Indigenous tribes burned swaths of woodlands to create an environment enticing to game animals.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025
What To Know The NWS issued several dense fog advisories affecting wide swathes of Texas early Monday morning, with NWS offices in Midland, Lubbock, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo, and San Antonio issuing the alerts.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
But by the 1970s and early 1980s, large swathes of tracks had been abandoned, due to the decline of industries that depended on them and the construction of the interstate highway system.
—Pam Leblanc, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Frostbite subsumed large swaths of their bodies.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
The Amazon cloud computing company, which is known as AWS and which supports wide swaths of the publicly available internet, issued early on Monday a series of updates on an apparent issue.
—Jessica Gorman, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swaths
Noun
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With Britain’s strongest sector, finance, benefiting from higher interest rates, and Germany’s motor vehicles and parts, struggling with tariffs and weak demand, the rivalry between the two economies is one to watch.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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While wild game roadkill are usually allowed to be picked up and taken home to eat in many parts of the country, some animals accidentally killed by a motor vehicle first require state notification, a license and other steps.—
Stuart Dyos,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To layer on even more savory goodness, cook 6 strips of bacon in the skillet for 6 minutes.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Nov. 2025
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Test Kitchen Tips For a neater appearance, choose bacon that comes in long, skinny strips.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tabor and Sheriff Jay Cantrell both said the new quarantine space, along with other spaces being added for medical care, the intake and release of detainees, and court proceedings may allow the sheriff's office to open some areas to new programming.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Redefine and streamline your customer engagement and product experience by deploying AI systems in high-impact areas such as order-to-cash, procure‑to‑pay, and supply chain orchestration.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Swaths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swaths. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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