sweeps
noun B2- The Nielsen ratings used to measure television show viewership several times a year.
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He is curiously employed at present, for, being an amateur astronomer, he has an excellent telescope, with which he lies upon the roof of his own house and sweeps the moor all day in the hope of catching a glimpse of the escaped convict.
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