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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Advertisement The collapse came less than a year after Wilders’ PVV secured a sweeping victory in the November 2023 election but failed to form a stable government.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Less than a year later, Venezuela’s electoral council—dominated by Maduro loyalists—announced another sweeping victory for his party in subsequent elections.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 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
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
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
Transcript Earlier this month, Claudia Sheinbaum won a sweeping victory in Mexico’s presidential election.
—Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
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.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Less than a year later, Venezuela’s electoral council—dominated by Maduro loyalists—announced another sweeping victory for his party in subsequent elections.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 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
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
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
Transcript Earlier this month, Claudia Sheinbaum won a sweeping victory in Mexico’s presidential election.
—Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
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.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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