Definition of big picture
: the entire perspective on a situation or issue
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But whether Shepherd repeats as champion or not, the big picture for her continues to look bright.
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While Ailes focused on the big picture--how to frame the day’s events, who to attack or support--Shine managed the details of running the network.
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The Orioles have nothing to play for, so if an outing doesn’t go Britton’s way with the bigger picture in mind, everyone kind of just shrugs.
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For a bigger picture of Hereditary’s many terrors, head here.
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And all the Republicans have to do is put a big picture of her face and do the crumbs line, or do the lawn mower line, or do the little wall thing.
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And part of what is hard about doing this is having a job that’s very outward facing and includes a big picture of my face.
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Edge length gives archaeologists a standardized, concrete way to look at the big picture of human cultural evolution, which has been one of the biggest challenges for Paleolithic archaeologists so far.
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In the big picture, $34 billion in new tariffs is not very large at all.
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First Known Use of big picture
1904
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