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a
: a sample piece (as of fabric) or a collection of samples
b
: a characteristic specimen
2
: patch
3
: a small collection
4
Examples of swatch in a Sentence
She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes.
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The sister founders share a large office with desks on either end, a wide expanse of wall plastered with photos of styles and fabric swatches from upcoming seasons, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a courtyard with bistro tables where employees can have lunch or work outside.
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Booth Moore, WWD, 9 July 2024
Apple's and Google's operating systems both use NPUs for a wider swatch of image and audio processing features, including facial recognition and object recognition, OCR, live transcription and translation, and more.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
Panicked workers tried to staunch the bloody wound with swatches of fabric.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
The extraordinary sharpness and breadth of these images are a testament to the Euclid telescope’s ability to survey large swatches of the sky with incredible clarity.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2023
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Booth Moore, WWD, 9 July 2024
Apple's and Google's operating systems both use NPUs for a wider swatch of image and audio processing features, including facial recognition and object recognition, OCR, live transcription and translation, and more.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
Panicked workers tried to staunch the bloody wound with swatches of fabric.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
The extraordinary sharpness and breadth of these images are a testament to the Euclid telescope’s ability to survey large swatches of the sky with incredible clarity.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2023
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“Swatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swatch. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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swatch
noun1
: a sample piece (as of fabric) or a collection of samples
2
: patch entry 1 sense 3
swatches of hair
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