enter the picture
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: to be considered as part of a situation
Marriage never entered the picture until now.
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That’s where the critics enter the picture once again, as few take Kinkade’s kitsch creations — which have been mass produced as coffee mugs, collectable plates and dust catchers of all kinds — seriously enough to qualify as art.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
This leads to some narrative challenges, especially when – spoiler alert – new generations of leverets enter the picture.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2025
Biggest question: Will advertising enter the picture?
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2024
All that was left was for the bird to enter the picture, entitled Perspective.
—Zane Wolf, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2024
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
This leads to some narrative challenges, especially when – spoiler alert – new generations of leverets enter the picture.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2025
Biggest question: Will advertising enter the picture?
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2024
All that was left was for the bird to enter the picture, entitled Perspective.
—Zane Wolf, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Enter the picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enter%20the%20picture. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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