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Does a swathe of mean a lot of as in there is a whole swathe of job openings?

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No. A swath is the width of a scythe or mower-blade cut, or the mown grass itself. We speak of 'cutting a swath through' something, like a mower through grass.

The verb "to swathe" which means to wrap or bind.

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