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
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.
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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
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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Chegg also sued Google in February, arguing that AI summaries of search results have hurt its traffic and sales.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 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,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Slides can generate presentation outlines, create slides, and design professional graphics on demand.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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Generally, if an area within a national park normally closes down outside of regular business hours when a shutdown is not in effect, that area will stay closed for the duration of the shutdown, the DOI plan outlines.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Other surveys suggest a much tighter race.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the anti-Mamdani vote is divided between Cuomo and Sliwa, who trails the former governor in available surveys.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Overviews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overviews. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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