sweeping

Example Sentences

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In more than six decades of the program’s federal-state partnership, such sweeping data collection had not been required.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

A sweeping strike temporarily put tens of thousands of California and Hawaii healthcare workers out of work in February.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The case has unfolded alongside a parallel legal offensive from Baldoni, who filed a sweeping $400-million countersuit accusing Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, the New York Times and others of defamation and extortion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

On the one-year anniversary of “Liberation Day,” President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping pharmaceutical tariffs on imports of patented drugs manufactured outside the U.S., with limited exemptions.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

When I’m done sweeping the floor, she presents my jeans, folded and clean.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko