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swath

noun

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Definition of swath

as in strip

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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a long narrow piece of material They decorated the walls with swaths of fabric.

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Recent Examples of swath Those investments have also lifted the stock market even as a growing swath of other companies have experienced sharp declines in their share prices. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026 Rwanda has acknowledged defensive â€œsecurity coordinationâ€� with the M23 insurgents, who have held large swaths of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo for more than a year. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026 But Futura Sciences reports that the plant was heralded as something of a miracle in the 1930s, when soil erosion devastated wild swaths of farmland in the South, following the Dust Bowl. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026 He’s handcuffed to this stupid project, and swaths of people have instantly turned their back on him without knowing any of the facts. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for swath

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Noun

Writing strips out the reactive tone that damages trust and forces people to engage with the actual argument instead of the way it was said.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Both naloxone and fentanyl test strips decrease the risk of fatal overdose.

— Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of strip

Noun

In these places, led by regions like Sudan, Gaza, and South Sudan, children are three times more likely to die before their fifth birthday and 10 times more likely to grow up in extreme poverty than children born elsewhere.

— David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
In the town of Chhatak, also in the Sylhet region, the daughter of 30-year-old carpenter Humayun Rashid died unvaccinated in June aged nine months.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of region

Noun

Submarine’s combat capabilities tested The launches demonstrated the submarine’s ability to engage targets at sea and on land while operating underwater in the Pacific Ocean.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Herds of cows waded across flooded pastures as ranchers guided them toward dry land.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

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