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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
In between checking in on the new collection’s progress, the film offers a fairly cursory overview of Jacobs’ career to date, beginning with his graduation from New York’s Parsons School of Design in the mid-Eighties.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
At the next quarterly board meeting, the marketing director provided an overview of what had happened in the previous quarter and their plans for the upcoming quarter.
—Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The top of the Fisher and Ally Detroit Center buildings will take you high up and away from the city's noise, to a peaceful overview of downtown and some of Detroit's most iconic landmarks.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Professors get only a brief overview of how the chats went, rather than full transcripts, and a synthesis of how the class did as a whole.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
At the next quarterly board meeting, the marketing director provided an overview of what had happened in the previous quarter and their plans for the upcoming quarter.
—Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The top of the Fisher and Ally Detroit Center buildings will take you high up and away from the city's noise, to a peaceful overview of downtown and some of Detroit's most iconic landmarks.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Professors get only a brief overview of how the chats went, rather than full transcripts, and a synthesis of how the class did as a whole.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overview
Noun
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Over time, as AI tools became more integrated into our daily workflows—think live financial reporting or even inviting AI agents to meetings (remember AI doesn’t have a career at stake) to provide unbiased summaries—employee trust grew, and skepticism diminished.—
Paul Hudson,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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They’re handed last month’s P&L and a cash flow summary, and assume that’s enough.—
Kirk W. McLaren,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The sheer gloss on her lips was given a high-contrast, rust-red outline that matched several shades of her eye shadow, which also included gold and navy blue.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
1 Sep. 2025
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The outline of a tiny footprint in black ink stands out against a white sheet of paper lined with a pastel pink border.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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Further surveys followed along with two public consultations attracting 60,000 people.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Two Michigan cities, Grand Rapids and Detroit, were listed among the nation's top retirement spots, according to a recent survey by a national personal financial company.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Overview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overview. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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