as in summaries
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 overviews
The changes have included an overhaul of Google’s ubiquitous search engine that has de-emphasized a listing of relevant web links in its results and increasingly highlighted AI overviews and conversational responses provided through an AI mode.
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Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Provide Overviews Of Data Flows And Technologies Used Organizations can be more transparent with their AI solutions by providing overviews of data flows and details on which private and public AI technologies are used.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Similar to architectural blueprints or circuit diagrams, these standardized templates provide simplified overviews of complex organizations, and can be used to turn an ailing company around, or design a healthy one from the ground up.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
Responding to Penske’s lawsuit, Google said on Saturday that AI overviews offer a better experience to users and send traffic to a wider variety of websites.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Find a free calendar or to-do template online and print out weekly or daily overviews to keep everyone aware of what’s going on.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
The Great Morel website publishes yearly overviews of each morel hunting season.
—Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
Travel booking sites like Kayak and TripAdvisor are also concerned about Google’s AI search overviews chipping away at traffic, Forbes reported.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Plenty of people have griped about Google's AI overviews since their rollout.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Provide Overviews Of Data Flows And Technologies Used Organizations can be more transparent with their AI solutions by providing overviews of data flows and details on which private and public AI technologies are used.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Similar to architectural blueprints or circuit diagrams, these standardized templates provide simplified overviews of complex organizations, and can be used to turn an ailing company around, or design a healthy one from the ground up.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
Responding to Penske’s lawsuit, Google said on Saturday that AI overviews offer a better experience to users and send traffic to a wider variety of websites.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Find a free calendar or to-do template online and print out weekly or daily overviews to keep everyone aware of what’s going on.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
The Great Morel website publishes yearly overviews of each morel hunting season.
—Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
Travel booking sites like Kayak and TripAdvisor are also concerned about Google’s AI search overviews chipping away at traffic, Forbes reported.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Plenty of people have griped about Google's AI overviews since their rollout.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overviews
Noun
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Readers can ask questions, generate summaries, create audio stories, or translate reports, all within one consistent experience.—
Mark Howard,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His process involved mapping the sun’s path, calculating angles, sketching outlines, and planning how light would travel across the surface, before burning the image onto a piece of untreated wood.—
TIME PR,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Slides can generate presentation outlines, create slides, and design professional graphics on demand.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Policymakers typically look to monthly surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the broadest and most accurate snapshot of the job market.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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It was first successfully employed in an aquatic environment in 2008 to detect the presence of an invasive species — the American bullfrog — in France, after more traditional methods of DNA detection, such as audio or visual surveys, had been unsuccessful.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Overviews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overviews. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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