sweeping statement
Example Sentences
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Based on the available evidence, it would be difficult to justify adding a sweeping statement about avoiding all ultra-processed foods.
From Salon • May 9, 2024
Rakow and Lowry are heartened by the mounting evidence, but as scientists, they’re not ready to make such a sweeping statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2022
She responds that this sweeping statement “is impossible to prove, the narrative driven less by facts than by emotion.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021
It’s certainly one of the top five waltzes of all time, and I include all of the Strauss family in that sweeping statement.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2018
Aru thought that was a rather sweeping statement to make.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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