"sweeping measures" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to describe an extensive or comprehensive plan of action to address an issue. For example: "The government has announced sweeping measures to stimulate the economy in response to the pandemic."
Sweeping measures like this often come to nothing.
At the time, the administration proposed sweeping measures to "modernize" the foreign surveillance law, a much broader proposal in some respects than what Congress approved.
Around the country, state legislatures from Arizona to Kansas have passed sweeping measures this year intended to make it more onerous for Planned Parenthood clinics to stay open.
On Tuesday, the French parliament passed sweeping measures to overhaul the nation's notoriously rigid labor market to make it easier for employers to hire and fire.
And it has undertaken sweeping measures to prop up the country's stock market, the ups and downs of which have reverberated globally.
In an open letter to culture secretary Matt Hancock, it demands sweeping measures to ensure "greater compliance, fairness and social responsibility in the advertising and licensing of gambling".
The drop in oil prices has undermined its economy and the new crown prince has proposed sweeping measures to reduce the kingdom's dependence on oil.
Sweeping measures to further overhaul and open up the economy after the 1997-98 financrisisrisis led to China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, which had given a big boost to growth.
Though not opposed to moderate parliamentary reform, he was shocked by the sweeping measure introduced by the ministry of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, in March 1831.
Sweeping measure easily overcomes opposition from lawyers, consumer groups.
Bost complained bitterly that lawmakers were being asked to vote on a broadly sweeping measure before they could read it.
