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sweep

noun as in range, extent

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noun as in movement

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verb as in brush off, away

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verb as in fly, glide

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“I’m not sure gold will go higher even if stocks come down, as we could instead see a meltdown that sweeps over all markets,” he said.

Hours earlier, the Yankees were on the verge of an embarrassing sweep.

Twenty years ago, the Guggenheim’s sweeping survey “Russia!” lived up to the hype.

Officials are navigating an economy reshaped by sweeping policy experiments.

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