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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Transcript Earlier this month, Claudia Sheinbaum won a sweeping victory in Mexico’s presidential election.
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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
Nevada, where Trump made promises of eliminating the tax on tips during his presidential campaign, was among the seven swing states that gave the Republican a sweeping victory in November.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
Trump, 78, who claimed a sweeping victory in the presidential election, will be sworn in as the country's top leader on Monday at noon ET at the west front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., according to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
Instead of the sweeping victory Modi had predicted, his party lost its majority in the lower house of India’s Parliament—just a few months after that triumphant speech at the new Ayodhya temple.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Similar pronouncements accompanied Trump’s initial election in 2016, and Barack Obama’s sweeping victory eight years earlier.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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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
Nevada, where Trump made promises of eliminating the tax on tips during his presidential campaign, was among the seven swing states that gave the Republican a sweeping victory in November.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
Trump, 78, who claimed a sweeping victory in the presidential election, will be sworn in as the country's top leader on Monday at noon ET at the west front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., according to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
Instead of the sweeping victory Modi had predicted, his party lost its majority in the lower house of India’s Parliament—just a few months after that triumphant speech at the new Ayodhya temple.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Similar pronouncements accompanied Trump’s initial election in 2016, and Barack Obama’s sweeping victory eight years earlier.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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