1
as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
the wind swept across the plain without respite
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as in curved
to turn away from a straight line or course
from this point the mountain range sweeps to the northeast and extends into the next state
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Recent Examples of swept
After the shooting, the school was placed in a lockdown and officials swept the campus.
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Alex Stone, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
That’s more exciting to me than last year, when James swept the fiction categories, with even the Pulitzer board overriding their fiction judges to award the big prize to Percival Everett’s novel.
—Maris Kreizman, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Guests become part of the show, swept into a dazzling mix of flavor, rhythm, and celebration.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Soliman had been swept into custody, joining a record 61,000 people now in ICE detention.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Volleyball In the Hockomock League, Taylor Donohue notched 14 kills as Oliver Ames swept King Philip 3-0.
—Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Fire has swept through many of those groves in recent years.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The last meeting came in the NCAA tournament, where Pitt swept Kentucky to punch its ticket to a fourth straight Final Four.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Released in 2004, the film follows Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Alex Stone, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
That’s more exciting to me than last year, when James swept the fiction categories, with even the Pulitzer board overriding their fiction judges to award the big prize to Percival Everett’s novel.
—Maris Kreizman, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Guests become part of the show, swept into a dazzling mix of flavor, rhythm, and celebration.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Soliman had been swept into custody, joining a record 61,000 people now in ICE detention.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Volleyball In the Hockomock League, Taylor Donohue notched 14 kills as Oliver Ames swept King Philip 3-0.
—Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Fire has swept through many of those groves in recent years.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The last meeting came in the NCAA tournament, where Pitt swept Kentucky to punch its ticket to a fourth straight Final Four.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Released in 2004, the film follows Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swept
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Gas flow also affects stellar initial masses In another study, published in July 2025, astrophysicist Ke-Jung Chen led a research group at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics using a detailed computer simulation that modeled how gas in the early universe may have flowed.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Waterfalls of tequila flowed from enough bottles to lose count, including those in Aguayo’s group.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Set to Sport, Maybach SL attacks curved freeway onramps or 2-lanes with style.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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But unlike Yamamoto—whose second straight 10-K one-hitter was wasted—Verlander bobbed and weaved and lollipop-curved the lineup to death.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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After an earnings beat and a blistering 32% pop on July 30, the stock drifted lower for a month — a normal profit-taking after a vertical move.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Baileys had drifted almost 1,500 miles, into the dead of summer, when they were rescued by a South Korean fishing boat on June 30, 1973.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The film bowed this summer and had Theron reprising her role.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Watch enough football and every commercial break becomes an exercise in bleary déjà vu, as the spots that bowed in the first quarter begin repeating on you like so many lager burps.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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After leaving Tokyo, the aircraft carrier sailed north and was spotted transiting the Tsugaru Strait on Friday from the Pacific Ocean toward the Sea of Japan.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The game took an ugly turn for the Angels in the sixth, when reliever Brock Burke sailed a throw six feet over first baseman Oswald Peraza’s head on Thomas’s inning-opening comebacker, an error that led to an unearned run and a 9-1 A’s lead.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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Amazon Data Services rounded out the top 11 list with an increase of 102 approvals, from 441 to 543 year-over-year.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The feature set is rounded out by a low-latency gaming mode, which provides 1ms input lag, a 240Hz refresh rate, and VRR, alongside 24W Harman/Kardon drivers for audio.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The bird glided through the air, skimming the water for prey.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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With a garland of white flowers in front of him, a lone rower kneeling in a wooden canoe glided toward the DuSable Bridge docks.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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Over time, as refrigerators became commonplace, butter dishes slipped into the background.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
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By day’s end, the team has caught seven Asian swamp eels and documented the presence of many more that slipped through their nets.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Swept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swept. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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