enter the picture
idiom
: to be considered as part of a situation
Marriage never entered the picture until now.
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The threat for afternoon and early evening thunderstorms could enter the picture next Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Additional factors also enter the picture, and the full set of factors is more extensive.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Relationships evolve, careers twist and turn, children enter the picture, and health journeys unfold.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Hope Florida didn’t enter the picture until more than two and a half years later, according to the records of the negotiations.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Additional factors also enter the picture, and the full set of factors is more extensive.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Relationships evolve, careers twist and turn, children enter the picture, and health journeys unfold.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Hope Florida didn’t enter the picture until more than two and a half years later, according to the records of the negotiations.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for enter the picture
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“Enter the picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enter%20the%20picture. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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