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
Here’s an overview of the resort’s 12 dining concepts at 1000 H St., Chula Vista.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
Champagne will give an overview of how AI is being used as a tool across the entertainment industry.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 15 May 2025
This gives interns an overview of the different aspects of your organization and the opportunities that exist within it.
—Mark Morgan, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Overdose trainings fight ‘stigma’ The trainings begin with an overview of the scale of the overdose and opioid problem, including data specific to Missouri.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
Champagne will give an overview of how AI is being used as a tool across the entertainment industry.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 15 May 2025
This gives interns an overview of the different aspects of your organization and the opportunities that exist within it.
—Mark Morgan, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Overdose trainings fight ‘stigma’ The trainings begin with an overview of the scale of the overdose and opioid problem, including data specific to Missouri.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for overview
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overview
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The Massachusetts Family Institute highlighted in a summary of a legislative hearing held earlier this month that 59 of 70 people had testified in opposition to the bills that look to increase vaccination requirements and reporting standards.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
16 June 2025
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The firm can, however, use it to extract relevant points from contracts, create summaries of relevant prior case law, and flag up risks.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The Rams linebacker delicately gripped a paintbrush, dipped it into a cup of green paint, and began filling the outline of a bird traced onto a wall of an Altadena school rebounding from the Eaton fire.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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Team Trump falsely promotes vague five-page outlines with alienated former allies as big deals; China is successfully wooing some of its former rivals, such as Vietnam.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Americans’ worries over inflation tempered in May, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey released Monday, signaling rising consumer optimism following shifts in US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
10 June 2025
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New survey research from McKinsey found that 71% of respondents said their organizations regularly use GenAI in at least one business function, an increase of 6% from the 2024 survey.—
Lori Schafer,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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“Overview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overview. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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