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Recent Examples of sward
The soft Smyrna rug in the hall yields to the tread like a mossy sward, while a circular art glass window fills the hall with a pleasant subdued light.
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Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sward
Noun
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Male and female beavers work together to build their lodge and create a habitat by using sticks, branches, rocks, grass and mud to construct their dams.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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He wasn’t born in a hospital, but to a midwife in a circular mud hut with a grass roof.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Columbia faced sharp criticism over its response to the agitators, who set up camp on a lawn and were accused of harassing Jewish students.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
10 Feb. 2025
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It can be used to tow any type of cargo, including bicycles and sports equipment, lawn care equipment and supplies, tools and construction materials, or an entire life's worth of belongings when moving homes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Gwynns Falls and Leakin parks (there’s a seamless connection between these two greenswards) stymied the highway builders 50-plus years ago.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Aug. 2024
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The usually pristine greensward at Fenway has patches of sod throughout the outfield, particularly in right field, after the recent Pink and Fall Out Boy concerts.—
Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 Aug. 2023
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Nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Wicked, Cynthia Erivo arrived in a white French tip manicure airbrushed with a faint, hazy green (and gold embellishments, of course).—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
8 Feb. 2025
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Conversely, Erivo has chosen a palettes of greens, greys and black.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Sward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sward. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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