Lazy sweeping improves the response time of the garbage collector and increases its throughput.
A single wingtip feather, he found, moved a fraction of an inch, gives a smooth sweeping curve at tremendous speed.
In all countries the bourgeoisie was sweeping in its denunciation of this revolution and had never a good word for it.
The nuclear Posture Review, a sweeping statement of purpose for the U.S. nuclear Arsenal, cast light on a rarely-discussed piece of the nuclear deterrent: tactical nukes that are stationed in Europe.
He was shot while sweeping outside a restaurant.
In Washington, a heat wave sweeping the East Coast is pushing temperatures into triple digits.
A waft of wind came sweeping down the laurel-walk, and trembled through the boughs of the chestnut: it wandered away — away — to an indefinite distance — it died.
It's been around 10 years for Volvo S60 in the market and although we liked the car at first when it debuted with its sweeping roof line and muscular fenders.
Searchlights are sweeping in the night sky.
And all of us have agreed on the most sweeping reform of our financial regulatory framework in a generation.
EVEN in a country where flood, fire and drought are part of the national legend, the blazes sweeping across part of Australia were deeply shocking.
These crises were highly contagious, rapidly sweeping around the world. And they were profoundly unfair in their consequences, adversely affecting countries that had nothing to do with the causes.
Frances remembers sitting in his condo reading articles about this new epidemic of Asperger's that was sweeping the nation.
When she and the W. C. T. U. and the Woman with the Hatchet, moving with resistless march, were sweeping the fatal bottle from the land, what was he doing?
In tests, this fabric flap proved itself to be exceptionally good at sweeping up dust bunnies.
Rather than sweeping them under the carpet, we need to draw a line under them, deliberately choosing not to count them against the person who did them, and moving on.
The emergency decree bans gatherings of more than five people, and gives the government sweeping powers to detain protest leaders and to censor the press.
European ministers are meeting this week to discuss the fiscal crisis sweeping the Continent and how they might respond.
In some ant armies, there can be millions of expendable troops sweeping forward in a dense swarm that's up to 100 feet wide.
Yet the scale of the change sweeping over banking should not be minimised.
Tyrande, now high priestess of Elune and Malfurion's mate, implemented sweeping changes throughout night elf society.
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