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The phrase "a sweeping list" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a comprehensive or extensive list that covers a wide range of items or topics.
Example: "The report included a sweeping list of recommendations for improving the company's sustainability practices."
Alternatives: "an extensive list" or "a comprehensive list".
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The organization has submitted a sweeping list of 11 demands, including a call for a simultaneous cease-fire encompassing all ethnic groups.
A1 Sweeping Fare Increases Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials proposed a sweeping list of fare and toll increases and transit cutbacks that would affect nearly everyone who drives or takes mass transit in the region.
Yet although nobody will ignore the Dutch, they are not seen as deal-breakers.In contrast, the British will face angry resistance to their request to strip all legal force from the charter of fundamental rights, a sweeping list of social rights that was bolted on to the constitution.
Suggested tricks include sacrificing high-profile bits that do not matter (an article confirming that the EU anthem is the "Ode to Joy"); and hiding other sensitive bits, for instance the Charter of Fundamental Rights, a sweeping list of social rights, by replacing its full text with "a short cross-reference having the same legal value".
Asked why Poland had followed Britain in seeking a semi-exemption from the Charter of Fundamental Rights (a sweeping list of social and political rights), officials said their government was worried that the charter could force Poland to legalise gay marriage and accept unlimited abortion.
Jack B. Siegel, a Chicago lawyer who follows nonprofit cases nationwide, called the allegations against Stevens "the case of the year" because, unlike previous campus scandals focusing on presidents' salaries or spending, the case against Stevens outlines a sweeping list of accusations.
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Essentially, it's a sweeping, three-dimensional "best-dressed" list — one that starts with the wives of robber barons and ends with modern business executives.
The deal, worth 14 billion euros, or almost $19 billion, at list prices, expands a sweeping fleet renewal by Lufthansa, Europe's largest airline by revenue.
Snap will have to hope its plan for a sweeping redesign and a shift from reverse-chronological Stories list to an algorithmically personalized list will save it.
A TO-DO LIST FROM THE FED | The Federal Reserve approved a sweeping new set of rules on Tuesday intended to reduce the riskiness of banks and make them more resilient to losses, DealBook's Peter Eavis writes.
Resistance and reluctance: Trump's most controversial act yet is a sweeping immigration order that bars refugees and even legitimate visa holders from a list of Muslim majority countries from entering the country.
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