In essence, each label, each disorder provides an opening to examine a broad swathe of history and biography.
The Times Literary Supplement
This would require memorising a broad swathe of the road map along the route.
Times, Sunday Times
He has left an economy in near terminal decline and a broad swathe of the electorate angrily disenfranchised.
Times, Sunday Times
It seems to appeal: pollsters say she has gained ground among a broad swathe of unhappy voters.
Times, Sunday Times
That's the broad swathe, anyway.
Times, Sunday Times