swatch

as in tape
a small piece of cloth that is used as a sample for choosing colors, fabrics, etc. She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes.

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Recent Examples of swatch Burton did not disappoint, with a collection inspired by a stash of patterns and fabric swatches from founder Hubert de Givenchy’s first collection from 1952. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 8 Mar. 2025 Various studies from researchers around the world, including experts at the University of Arizona and Tulane University say drought, sea level rise, severe storms and dredging are partly to blame for the increase in frequency and swatch of saltwater intrusion. Kati Weis, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025 The essential silhouette is available in nine rich colors of the recycled velvet and five swatches of the upcycled poly. Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 25 Apr. 2025 To take but one example, the riots that convulsed swatches of England and Northern Ireland last year were fueled by social media accounts claiming sickening crimes by immigrants, amplified by right-wing accounts. David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swatch
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Noun
  • Stock photo of crime scene tape from a shooting in Royal Oak, Michigan, on May 14, 2018.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
  • Are you guys planning on doing another tape together?
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The road south from Khartoum was a black tarmac strip through flat scrubland.
    Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • The strip gained rapid popularity in the 1990s for its humorous take on workplace culture, bureaucracy, and managerial incompetence, resonating particularly with tech and engineering professionals.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025

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“Swatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swatch. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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