as in broad
having considerable extent calls for sweeping changes in the way the nation manages security in its major ports
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as in flowing
to move or proceed smoothly and readily the wind swept across the plain without respite
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as in curving
to turn away from a straight line or course from this point the mountain range sweeps to the northeast and extends into the next state
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Recent Examples of sweeping
Nbc News, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026 The stadium plan would still seek state financial support from a sweeping funding package Missouri lawmakers approved last summer in an attempt to keep the team inside its lines. —Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026 Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012). —Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sweeping
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The assault has seen the Israeli military strike bridges connecting the region to the rest of Lebanon as well as settlements in the area, issuing sweeping evacuation orders. —Nbc News, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026 The stadium plan would still seek state financial support from a sweeping funding package Missouri lawmakers approved last summer in an attempt to keep the team inside its lines. —Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
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Cold front expected to trigger thunderstorms A cold front sweeping in from the northwest Friday afternoon is expected to trigger thunderstorms. —Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026 Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012). —Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sweeping
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Key and especially Strong could convey depth and emotion, subtlety, and often weirdness via their small choices and close ups, defining their characters in opposition to the town’s broad-for-the-sake-of-comedy denizens.— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
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The development reflects a broader Pentagon effort to counter low-cost, high-volume aerial threats.— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
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Jackie Tohn looks elegant in a white button-down top and black flowing skirt at the Venice Family Clinic HEART Gala in Culver City, California, on April 18.— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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State-level commitments in California, Maryland, and Massachusetts, along with federal apprenticeship grants, are also flowing into trades training, per JLL.— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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The mattress's latex core has a five-zone structure that provides varying levels of firmness tailored to support different areas of your body — with the most enhanced support in the mid-section to prevent your back from curving or sagging.— Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Hiding in a labyrinth of gardens and more than 50 art installations, private bungalows and three-bedroom villas with freshwater pools overlook Crete’s curving, mountainous coastline.— Yulia Denisyuk, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026
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But the damage to residential property was extensive in this pocket of southern Rochester.— Conor Wight, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
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Safety and driver assistance Acura equips the MDX Type S Advance with an extensive suite of safety technology under the AcuraWatch 360 system.— Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
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These handsome galoots may cheat on their spouses or worse, but this allows the women to smolder in drifting chiffon.— Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
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Fillman and his diving instructor tapped into their survival instincts by dumping their heavy diving gear and tanks and tying themselves together with their remaining gear to prevent them from drifting apart.— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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While the handling of the outburst by BAFTA and the BBC wasn’t ideal for anyone involved, the outrage and fallout from the event shows that Davidson’s lifelong mission to educate the wider population about Tourette syndrome is ongoing, and so important.— Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Good journalism, for starters, involves careful vetting, and has been a prime mover of the wider Epstein saga.— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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How Wisconsin got here Wisconsin keeps on gliding.— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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With more than 200 million tons of cargo gliding across their surfaces every year, Neal writes, the Great Lakes are a place of commerce.— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
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The gangland drama is deeper and darker than the domestic one, strengthened by the unexpected portrayal of the Russian toughs as bumbling in their own way.— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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Edge is one of the strongest, and deepest, position groups in this draft.— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Sweeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/sweeping. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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