sweeping victory
noun
: a victory that is won by a large margin
The election was a sweeping victory for the party.
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Just as in Mahmoud, the Republican justices handed a sweeping victory to social conservatives — seemingly without any regard for how their decision would damage Medicaid.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Washington instead chose to delay negotiations in the hope that its military advances would deliver a sweeping victory over the Taliban or at least an opportunity to negotiate from a position of greater strength.
—Daniel Markey, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2021
The opposition Conservatives, which had been eyeing a sweeping victory, sought to distance themselves from Trump’s rhetoric, but voters apparently saw them as too closely linked to his right-wing policies.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
Persad-Bissessar, who served as prime minister between 2010-15 and had long lived under the shadow of late party leader Basdeo Panday, led the UNC to a sweeping victory on Monday night.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Transcript Earlier this month, Claudia Sheinbaum won a sweeping victory in Mexico’s presidential election.
—Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
Coinbase was a leading contributor to Republicans’ sweeping victory in November in its effort to help push forward a more crypto-friendly agenda in Washington, D.C.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
Furthermore, if a breakthrough is ultimately achieved in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as a result of closer relations between Israel and the Sunni camp, this would represent a sweeping victory for it over Iran.
—Moshe Yaalon, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2018
And Azari argues that even Johnson, with his sweeping victory, really didn't have a mandate.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Washington instead chose to delay negotiations in the hope that its military advances would deliver a sweeping victory over the Taliban or at least an opportunity to negotiate from a position of greater strength.
—Daniel Markey, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2021
The opposition Conservatives, which had been eyeing a sweeping victory, sought to distance themselves from Trump’s rhetoric, but voters apparently saw them as too closely linked to his right-wing policies.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
Persad-Bissessar, who served as prime minister between 2010-15 and had long lived under the shadow of late party leader Basdeo Panday, led the UNC to a sweeping victory on Monday night.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Transcript Earlier this month, Claudia Sheinbaum won a sweeping victory in Mexico’s presidential election.
—Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
Coinbase was a leading contributor to Republicans’ sweeping victory in November in its effort to help push forward a more crypto-friendly agenda in Washington, D.C.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
Furthermore, if a breakthrough is ultimately achieved in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as a result of closer relations between Israel and the Sunni camp, this would represent a sweeping victory for it over Iran.
—Moshe Yaalon, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2018
And Azari argues that even Johnson, with his sweeping victory, really didn't have a mandate.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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