big picture
noun
variants
often Big Picture
: the entire perspective on a situation or issue
—used with the
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Deion Sanders can see the big picture better than most of us, clear as day.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
The big picture The storm will push into the Pacific Northwest on Thanksgiving night and bring a batch of rain and some higher elevation snow to the region.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Call it the big picture of the big picture.
—Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
In this way, tech reminds me of energy, mining, autos, airlines — areas of the market where the big picture is more meaningful than the differences between the companies (although, of course, these matter — JetBlue is not Delta, Intel is not Nvidia).
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
The big picture The storm will push into the Pacific Northwest on Thanksgiving night and bring a batch of rain and some higher elevation snow to the region.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Call it the big picture of the big picture.
—Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
In this way, tech reminds me of energy, mining, autos, airlines — areas of the market where the big picture is more meaningful than the differences between the companies (although, of course, these matter — JetBlue is not Delta, Intel is not Nvidia).
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Big picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20picture. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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