sweeping statement
Frequency: 4.00.6 per million words
a broad generalization that may not be entirely accurate
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Examples (20)
- She made one of her sweeping statements about foreigners.
- His claim that all politicians are corrupt is a sweeping statement.
- It is unfair to make sweeping statements about all young people being lazy.
- Be careful not to make sweeping statements about entire groups of people.
- The politician was criticized for his sweeping statement regarding the causes of poverty.
- The article was criticized for its sweeping statements that lacked evidence.
- Avoid making sweeping statements that lack any supporting evidence.
- It's dangerous to rely on such sweeping statements without further investigation.
- The report was dismissed because it relied on sweeping statements rather than hard data.
- She regretted her sweeping statement about the company's future.
- I think that's a bit of a sweeping statement, don't you?
- The politician's sweeping statement about immigration was met with widespread criticism.
- His sweeping statements about the education system ignored many successful schools.
- Avoid making sweeping statements that could be easily disproven.
- Scientists must be careful not to make sweeping statements based on a single study.
- The judge warned the lawyers against making any sweeping statements in court.
- The article was full of sweeping statements about the decline of modern culture.
- His analysis was full of sweeping statements and generalizations.
- You can't just make a sweeping statement like 'everyone is corrupt' without proof.
- She found the author's sweeping statement about the decline of civilization to be alarmist.