clean sweep
an overwhelming or decisive victory, as by a political candidate who wins in all or almost all election districts.
the winning of all the prizes, rounds, contests, etc., in a competition or of all the games in a series.
a thorough or sweeping change, especially one effected by the large-scale removal or elimination of unwanted persons or things: The new president made a clean sweep when he joined the company, replacing all the department heads.
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How to use clean sweep in a sentence
Therefore, in order to make a clean sweep of the data that a company collected illicitly, it would also have to wipe out the algorithms that have ingested that data.
Why the FTC is forcing tech firms to kill their algorithms along with ill-gotten data | Kate Kaye | July 9, 2021 | DigidayJust gather all the information, do a clean sweep on your website, and fix everything.
Google algorithms vs Google penalties, explained by an ex-Googler | Pedro Dias | December 23, 2020 | Search Engine LandIn the 70s it went through a brief stint as an X-rated adult cinema before an upgrade and clean sweep in the early 80s.
Barring such a radical exorcism, a clean sweep is in order.
The result will force Romney to settle for a crushing win on his native turf, rather than a clean sweep.
"No—they'll try the other side now to get a clean sweep at me," said Stover.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonGeneral Thomas made a clean sweep of the artillery, capturing every piece, and taking forty-five hundred prisoners.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. WhiteThe woods that interfered with his cannon ranges had all been cut away, and his guns had a clean sweep of every approach.
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army | S. Emma E. EdmondsAll at once it struck me that if I really frightened him too much they might decamp without making a clean sweep.
Murder in Any Degree | Owen JohnsonNot that it wouldn't seem as usual, even if the gang had paid us a visit and made a clean sweep of our poor possessions.
The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
Other Idioms and Phrases with clean sweep
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