Thesaurus results for SWATHS

swaths

noun

variants or swathes

plural of swath

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

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Recent Examples of swaths 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 Between Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon, large swaths of Southern California will see sustained winds of 20 to 40 mph and gusts from 40 to 60 mph, according to Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 For one thing, Baron Haussmann had demolished swaths of the neighborhood in the mid-eighteen-hundreds to create the Place de la République. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Bryan spends long swaths of time there, writing from a 1970s Pierre Chapo chair that has the ad hoc look of a backyard woodworking project. — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026 They’re hand-built from reclaimed timber, local stone and thatch, and furnished with curtains of clinging seashells, driftwood details, and swathes of creamy linen. — Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 The review was prompted in part by JPMorgan’s move in March to mark down large swaths of loans in private credit portfolios, particularly those to software companies threatened by AI, the people said. — Ellen Dimauro, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The Weather Prediction Center included swaths of Texas and southern Oklahoma in a moderate (Level 3 out of 4) risk of flash flooding and excessive rainfall. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026 Blowing up a nuclear bomb in space would first destroy or disable any nearby satellites, and then the damage would spread as electronics-frying energetic particles from the explosion contaminated huge swaths of orbit. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Channels would connect different parts of the system, while the flexible fibers would regulate fluid movement and retain information.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Witnesses told South Korean media that the attacker appeared to have knives tied to both hands and stabbed people in different parts of the mall while moving up and down the floors on an escalator.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of parts

Noun

Quaternary sanitizer is used in the facility, however, test strips to test the strength of this chemical are not available in the facility.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Rather than lighting an entire room, try task lighting like reading lamps, under-the-cabinet light strips, and desk lamps that illuminate a workspace.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Cult members lived in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch that Mackenzie divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and Judea.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
The bar for engaging in major conflicts outside the core strategic areas of Europe and East Asia should be quite high.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

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