clean sweep
Americannoun
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an overwhelming or decisive victory, as by a political candidate who wins in all or almost all election districts.
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the winning of all the prizes, rounds, contests, etc., in a competition or of all the games in a series.
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a thorough or sweeping change, especially one effected by the large-scale removal or elimination of unwanted persons or things.
The new president made a clean sweep when he joined the company, replacing all the department heads.
Example Sentences
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Nvidia’s sales growth isn’t slowing soon, but round two of the AI hardware battle—the inference phase—might not be the clean sweep for Nvidia that round one was.
From Barron's
Just as in 2022, when England were swatted aside 25-13 in the final game of a clean sweep, this was supposed to be the match in which they clinched a Grand Slam.
From BBC
They start round five this Saturday staring into the abyss of four defeats in the same championship for the first time in half a century, with aspirations of a clean sweep fading into the prospect of a deeply uncomfortable inquest.
From BBC
It all looked so different from the newer league table format, which led to a clean sweep of Premier League teams, giving rise to suggestions they could dominate the latter stages.
From BBC
In the men's UL, James Barnes-Miller will be hoping to figure having had a couple of World Cup podiums this season, but his biggest challenge will probably come from China, who will be hoping to repeat their podium clean sweep of four years ago, led by defending champion Ji Lijia.
From BBC
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