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
Rakow and Lowry are heartened by the mounting evidence, but as scientists, they’re not ready to make such a sweeping statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2022
Zimmern is employing a classic journalism trope: the question presented as a sweeping statement.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2020
It’s certainly one of the top five waltzes of all time, and I include all of the Strauss family in that sweeping statement.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2018
She seems to include Taryn and me in this sweeping statement.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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