- present tense form of sweep (3rd person singular).
sweeps
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A restaurant owner lost $20,000 in canceled catering contracts last summer, as sweeps across the county coincided with the summer celebration season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
They have recently completed sweeps against the AL’s three best teams, the Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Mr. Argue’s arrangements evoke that same sense of vulnerability, of raw emotion, blending bold sweeps of strings with spare passages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Hundreds of people in Taiwan have been evacuated from their homes, and many schools and offices closed, as the biggest typhoon in decades sweeps towards the region on Friday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
I crouch down in the dirt against one of the big boulders as the light sweeps by again, but the edges of the bright beam fall short of me.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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