1
: one that sweeps
2
: a lone back in soccer who plays between the line of the defenders and the goal
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Velocity has increased, not just with fastballs, but with change-ups, sliders/sweepers, and curveballs.
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Maury Brown, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The case, which has transfixed the nation, was a first test for Commissioner Tisch, who has never been a police officer and just four weeks ago could have been called the city’s street sweeper in chief.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2024
The city of Santa Monica, to replace four fossil-fuel street sweepers with electric models.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The item joins a mint-green stove, bellows sweeper, sausage grinder, wringer washing machine and other appliances — all with cards that bear the names of the pieces' donors or makers.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2024
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Maury Brown, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The case, which has transfixed the nation, was a first test for Commissioner Tisch, who has never been a police officer and just four weeks ago could have been called the city’s street sweeper in chief.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2024
The city of Santa Monica, to replace four fossil-fuel street sweepers with electric models.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The item joins a mint-green stove, bellows sweeper, sausage grinder, wringer washing machine and other appliances — all with cards that bear the names of the pieces' donors or makers.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Sweeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweeper. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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