sweeping statement
Example Sentences
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Based on the available evidence, it would be difficult to justify adding a sweeping statement about avoiding all ultra-processed foods.
From Salon • May 9, 2024
So anytime you make a sweeping statement about this meaning something, or that being a sure thing, you run the risk of it blowing up in your face.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2021
Zimmern is employing a classic journalism trope: the question presented as a sweeping statement.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2020
By Friday, when the situation had escalated, several senior aides began drafting a more sweeping statement.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2016
She seems to include Taryn and me in this sweeping statement.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
