sweeping

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday announced sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.

From MarketWatch

The Joint Forces -- an umbrella organisation of armed groups fighting alongside the army -- said they had "achieved sweeping field victories in the North Kordofan axis".

From Barron's

In December, Lammy announced sweeping reforms to the criminal courts, including removing juries from a number of trials in England and Wales to speed up the justice process.

From BBC

Considering Apple’s sweeping base of roughly 2.4 billion users, “we believe incremental gains from technology upgrade cycles will become more difficult to attain, much less move the needle,” Fairbanks continued.

From Barron's

Losses down under are often the signal for sweeping changes to the England management - Stokes and McCullum were bought in following a 4-0 defeat four years ago.

From BBC