How to Use spate in a Sentence

spate

noun
Definition of spatenext
Synonyms for spatenext
  • A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
  • There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
  • The movement is linked to a spate of attacks in the last few years.
    — Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • So does the recent spate of bumper sales mean the time for tea has come again?
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024
  • The Flip is among a recent spate of drones that can take off and launch from your palm.
    — PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
  • There was a very fun spate of teen horror movies in the late '90s and early '00s.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The concerns were prompted by a spate of whale deaths off the East Coast last year.
    — Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The brief encounter was just the latest in a spate of recent outings.
    — Hilary Shenfeld, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • The hip-hop mogul's arrest follows a spate of legal woes for the Bad Boy Records founder.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
  • That idea was furthered by a spate of long scarves at both Diesel and Lanvin.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The country has been plagued by a spate of gun violence.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • For the restaurants themselves, the spate of people looking for work has been a boon.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The Cuyahoga County Jail dealt with a spate of inmate deaths a few years ago.
    — Jane Morice | [email protected], cleveland, 16 Jan. 2022
  • On the flip side, the Steelers are also dealing with a spate of injuries.
    — Sal Maiorana, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The toppling of Bazoum was just the latest in a spate of recent coups stretching from one side of Africa to the other.
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Their best idea is that this could be, um, a spate of aftershocks from a earthquake.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2022
  • New York City, which has seen a spike in e-bike use since the start of the pandemic in 2020, has seen a spate of battery fires.
    — Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2023
  • Her slaying was among a spate of homicides in Mobile in late May. Sgt.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 25 July 2022
  • The death follows a spate of others, most recently that of Spc.
    — Wyatt Olson, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The mass shooting was part of a spate of violence that has stunned the nation in recent weeks.
    — New York Times, 12 June 2022
  • There has been a spate of designs that combine this bleeding-edge tech.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The thefts at the tool library reflect how few communities have been spared from the spate and fear of crime in D.C.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Despite the recent spate of losses, the Bucks have risen to the occasion against the league’s showcase teams.
    — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Hofer joins a spate of General Hospital cast members to leave the show in the past year.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The ordinance was passed amid a spate of gun violence and mass shootings across the U.S.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 17 May 2022
  • Kelly said a spate of French bulldog snatchings have occurred in the East Bay.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Could the spate of unexplained aircraft have any relation to the ones that were shot down?
    — Richard Galant, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Long before that spate of colonizers, though, the Arab world had strong ties to Kochi.
    — Scott Hocker, theweek, 15 Apr. 2024
  • In June, a spate of attacks in the Florida Panhandle took place within four miles of each other, injuring three people.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Among the spate of executive orders issued by the Trump Administration in the last two weeks was a key directive about Alaska’s public lands and natural resources.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2025

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