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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Her sweeping victory reflects the public’s desire for LDP reform and the nationwide rightward shift in politics.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
In 2008, after the Democrats’ sweeping victory of the White House and Congress, the longtime Republican operative Ralph Reed began studying exit polls to understand why so many conservatives who wouldn’t have dreamed of voting for Al Gore or John Kerry had supported Obama.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Despite the wins, infighting has threatened to stall the party’s efforts to rebuild in the months after President Trump’s sweeping victory and Republican wins in last year’s race.
—Surina Venkat, The Hill, 7 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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
When the opposition won a sweeping victory in the December 2015 parliamentary elections, Maduro used control of the executive branch, Supreme Court, and military to neutralize what legally should have been a powerful legislative supermajority.
—Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2017
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
In 2008, after the Democrats’ sweeping victory of the White House and Congress, the longtime Republican operative Ralph Reed began studying exit polls to understand why so many conservatives who wouldn’t have dreamed of voting for Al Gore or John Kerry had supported Obama.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Despite the wins, infighting has threatened to stall the party’s efforts to rebuild in the months after President Trump’s sweeping victory and Republican wins in last year’s race.
—Surina Venkat, The Hill, 7 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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
When the opposition won a sweeping victory in the December 2015 parliamentary elections, Maduro used control of the executive branch, Supreme Court, and military to neutralize what legally should have been a powerful legislative supermajority.
—Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2017
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“Sweeping victory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweeping%20victory. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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