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 president did not detail specific asks or outline how negotiations could proceed following the U.S. strikes.—
Jesse Byrnes,
The Hill,
22 June 2025
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The Athletic reported in March that Silver would pitch the NBA Board of Governors with the outline of a plan to launch a new pro basketball league in Europe within the next couple of years.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Students have ranked the undergraduate program highly, with the school receiving top marks in the country’s national student survey for the second year in a row, including in quality of teaching and learning opportunities.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2025
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June 17-17: Trump’s net approval rating improved two points in the latest Pew Research survey taken June 2-8, compared to the group’s last poll in April, with the latest survey showing 41% approve and 58% disapprove (the survey of 5,044 U.S. adults has a 1.6-point margin of error).—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Overview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overview. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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