sweep of history
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsweepandhistory
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sweep
noun
uk/swiːp/us/swiːp/
a movement, especially a quick, powerful one or one to search ...
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history
noun
uk/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofsweepandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Writing a play is an act of extraordinary arrogance and, in the broadsweepofhistory, is totally irrelevant.
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This style of approach, in our view, raises broader questions about the accounts given for the broadsweepofhistory.
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In the longsweepofhistorythese and ageing in particular have been associated with significant developments in social welfare policy and are continuing to be so.
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He used the widesweepofhistorywith facility and charm.
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Let us set things in the broadsweepofhistory.
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It is refreshing to talk to an archaeologist who takes the greatsweepofhistoryand thinks in thousands of years.
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There was no great theme, or any sense of thesweepofhistory.
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In the longsweepofhistory, part of the difficulty has been migration from the regional centres in those areas.
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Contributions have ranged widely, from the broadsweepofhistoryto some pretty narrow questions of textual interpretation.
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The measures proposed can be justified only by thesweepofhistory, not by recent events.
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The "historic environment" is a valid concept if it takes in the entiresweepofhistoryand prehistory.
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As regards the broadsweepofhistoryargument, we must be careful.
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It has a certainsweepofhistory.
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He possessed the intellect to understand thesweepofhistory.
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He was quoted in newspapers over several decades, often emphasizing the need to appreciate a broadsweepofhistoryto understand current developments.
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Within these chapters, the discussion moves back and forth across tumultuous sweeps of history, generating uncertainty about chronologies and trends.
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