The phrase "a sweeping development" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant or far-reaching change or advancement in a particular area, such as technology, policy, or social issues.
Example: "The introduction of renewable energy sources marked a sweeping development in the fight against climate change."
Alternatives: "a major advancement" or "a significant change".
Preservation advocates point out that Staten Island has hundreds of 19th- and even 18th-century homes from its days as a landscape of farm and fishing villages — largely because Staten Island escaped sweeping development until the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964.
This tendency is growing now because of sweeping development of technologies for "Green Mobility", Fig. 5.
The furfural process and the processes regarding its by-products have undergone sweeping developments, and is based on chemical insight they have now reached a stunning degree of sophistication.
Two scientists, drawing on their own powers of observation and a creative reading of recent genetic findings, have published a sweeping theory of brain development that would change the way mental disorders like autism and schizophrenia are understood.
Now in its 200th year of existence, Orange recently adopted a sweeping master plan for development that would sharply increase the number of homeowners within its boundaries and remake a vast elephant's graveyard of abandoned factories into a lively arts district.
"You could view this cabinet, and the whole of postwar German development, as a sweeping Freudian experiment," he said.
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While some advocates would have preferred a definitive, nationwide ruling on the constitutionality of gay marriage from the supreme court, this week's developments nevertheless represent a sweeping advance, which has left opponents stunned.
President Thabo Mbeki and the leaders of Nigeria and Algeria have been advocating a sweeping strategy to encourage economic and social development in Africa by curtailing corruption and conflict.
As Antoinette Purcell stepped out the back door of Betances Houses, a public housing development in Mott Haven, she made a sweeping motion with her hand like a television spokesmodel.
