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 The company, which specializes in sports and performance fabrics, showed off swatches of water-repellent fabric that had the feel of crisp poplin. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 26 June 2025 Monochrome doesn’t have to mean identical swatches—slight shifts in tone and an interplay of patterns, like gingham or small-scale florals, can create dimension and prevent the room from feeling one-note. Jacorey Moon, Architectural Digest, 21 June 2025 Material swatches were cut from the knee area on the front of each jogger and stretched both vertically and horizontally. Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 12 June 2025 After many tries, Cincotta arrived at Federici’s office with a demonstration: two swatches of hair, one treated and one untreated. Gigi Zamora, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for swatch
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Noun
  • In early 1951 and 1952, Guthrie recorded these songs himself using one microphone on a reel-to-reel tape machine at his family’s two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2025
  • The packaging — centered around a collage-style tape motif — was intentionally designed to evoke the DIY aesthetic of teen bedrooms and skateboard decks.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Dredd proved hugely popular, engendering several more comics and comics strips, video and board games, books, and even postage stamps in the United Kingdom.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
  • The health department recommends picking up fentanyl and xylazine test strips and Narcan from its Syringe Services Program, 2705 E. Washington Ave., or 2300 S. Park St., in Madison.
    Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025

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“Swatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swatch. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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