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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None of them anticipated Eisenhower’s sweeping victory — a 39-state landslide.
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W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
Hopes for a more sweeping victory this time With Democrats in disarray, Trump now stands in the most commanding political position of his life.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
While the last three elections have been breathtakingly close, decided by tens of thousands of votes in a handful of states, Trump partisans now see the possibility of a more sweeping victory in the Electoral College and the first win of the popular vote for Republicans in two decades.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
Voters have inflicted a historic wipe out on the Tory party that led Britain through Brexit and, with almost all results called, Labour has won over 400 seats, gaining a huge majority of more than 190, comparable to Tony Blair’s sweeping victory in 1997.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 5 July 2024
Observers anticipated a sweeping victory for Modi that would have all but converted India into a one-leader, one-ideology, and one-party state.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
McConnell’s announcement came after Nikki Haley suspended her campaign the day after Trump won a sweeping victory in the Super Tuesday primaries.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024
Ohtani authored both moments during Sunday’s 5-1 sweeping victory, once again leaving witnesses searching for adjectives.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
In the space of around four hours, the Israeli air force destroyed the bulk of the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian air forces on the ground—some 450 planes in all—paving the way for Israel’s ground forces to win a sweeping victory in less than a week of fighting.
—Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
Hopes for a more sweeping victory this time With Democrats in disarray, Trump now stands in the most commanding political position of his life.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
While the last three elections have been breathtakingly close, decided by tens of thousands of votes in a handful of states, Trump partisans now see the possibility of a more sweeping victory in the Electoral College and the first win of the popular vote for Republicans in two decades.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
Voters have inflicted a historic wipe out on the Tory party that led Britain through Brexit and, with almost all results called, Labour has won over 400 seats, gaining a huge majority of more than 190, comparable to Tony Blair’s sweeping victory in 1997.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 5 July 2024
Observers anticipated a sweeping victory for Modi that would have all but converted India into a one-leader, one-ideology, and one-party state.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
McConnell’s announcement came after Nikki Haley suspended her campaign the day after Trump won a sweeping victory in the Super Tuesday primaries.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024
Ohtani authored both moments during Sunday’s 5-1 sweeping victory, once again leaving witnesses searching for adjectives.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
In the space of around four hours, the Israeli air force destroyed the bulk of the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian air forces on the ground—some 450 planes in all—paving the way for Israel’s ground forces to win a sweeping victory in less than a week of fighting.
—Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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