swingeing
Americanadjective
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At the same time, he has been criticised for swingeing job cuts as he tries to restore order to the club's finances.
From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026
The most swingeing, the Caesar Act, has been suspended and could be repealed by the US Congress in the new year.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
The public market imposes a fairly swingeing discount on inorganic growth.
From The Verge • Mar. 8, 2022
Police minister Bryan Kramer used the occasion of PNG’s independence anniversary to launch a swingeing attack on the police force, saying its endemic corruption would take years, even a generation, to eradicate.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2020
The most practised hand will not find it easy to "go one better than" Macaulay in a swingeing trope.
From Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Harrison, Frederic
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