as in summary
a general explanation or description of something
I was asked to give an overview of the company's sales figures. This book provides a broad overview of American history.
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Recent Examples of overview
Earlier this month, the village said they were approached by the developer about the data center in December and presented the Board of Trustees with a brief overview presentation.
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Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
What is worth writing anymore knowing that some AI system is likely to scrape the work and turn it into a one sentence overview?
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
Constructing a detailed overview of the Arctic has always been difficult because of its vast size, often impossible working conditions and the heterogeneity of its landscapes.
—Lara Williams, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
In that film, Sierra reunites key protest-organizers from the factory’s workforce to tell their own accounts, while also presenting an overview of the Chilean dictatorship’s horrors.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
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Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
What is worth writing anymore knowing that some AI system is likely to scrape the work and turn it into a one sentence overview?
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
Constructing a detailed overview of the Arctic has always been difficult because of its vast size, often impossible working conditions and the heterogeneity of its landscapes.
—Lara Williams, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
In that film, Sierra reunites key protest-organizers from the factory’s workforce to tell their own accounts, while also presenting an overview of the Chilean dictatorship’s horrors.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overview
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Discover has partnered with Google Cloud so users can access documentation summaries or request assistance to resolve issues.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Online, the advisory summary notifies tourists of the violent crimes that can take place, and can include homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery.—
Janay Reece,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The outline of the jaw jitters faintly—two layers are ever so slightly misaligned.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
24 Jan. 2026
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Apatow doesn’t seem to have come to this film with a thesis and a story and an outline already in hand.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, analyzed survey and biometric data from more than 320,000 British adults aged 39 to 74.—
Dr. Joseph Wendt,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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But one survey published in 2024 found that, on average, more than 60% of men from the US and six other countries were open to trying a new male contraceptive method in the first year of availability.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Overview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overview. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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