sweeping
adjective
of wide range or scope.
sweepingly
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a word derived from
sweeping.
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, Mahmoud’s author, Justice Samuel Alito, wrote the opinion so sweepingly that this interpretation is entirely plausible.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
Even if it sometimes borrows too overtly from its obvious influence, “Beau Travail,” the 1999 opus by Claire Denis, “Disco Boy” is a lean but sweepingly ambitious film crafted with formal rigor.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Mr Brenneisen acknowledges that Switzerland is a wealthy country, making it more feasible to sweepingly implement high building standards there.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
This is sweepingly romantic, and filmed with yawning meadows and misty woods like a Bronte novel, in a way that feels different from the first season.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2022
More sweepingly, it suggested that the enormous but latent potential of the American economy required more than mere release to achieve its full potential.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
