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
Though engines like DuckDuckGo and Ecosia offer AI overviews, both allow users to turn them off in the engine's settings.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their online content scraped to feed AI overviews and other artificial intelligence services and features for British users, regulators said Wednesday.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
Richardson said with the rise of generative AI overviews, many customer searches now conclude before a user even clicks through to the JD Sports site.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
Tie Trust Initiatives To Companywide Business Objectives Communicate that buyers are betting on trust in an AI era where features can all look and sound the same, and LLM searches and AI overviews prioritize this.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The digital watermark is present in the pixels of images and videos and in the waveform of AI songs and audio overviews from products like NotebookLM.
—Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Pamphlets, with Amazon Data Center overviews, including water and energy usage, were also available to those in attendance.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Also nearby is the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, another excellent space with a rolling programme where recent exhibitions have included overviews of 1960s Japan and legendary photojournalist Robert Capa.
—Stephen Kelly, TheWeek, 26 Mar. 2026
Welcome to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s first Roundup Review, our new format that will highlight a broader range of restaurants with short, easily digestible overviews.
—Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their online content scraped to feed AI overviews and other artificial intelligence services and features for British users, regulators said Wednesday.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
Richardson said with the rise of generative AI overviews, many customer searches now conclude before a user even clicks through to the JD Sports site.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
Tie Trust Initiatives To Companywide Business Objectives Communicate that buyers are betting on trust in an AI era where features can all look and sound the same, and LLM searches and AI overviews prioritize this.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The digital watermark is present in the pixels of images and videos and in the waveform of AI songs and audio overviews from products like NotebookLM.
—Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Pamphlets, with Amazon Data Center overviews, including water and energy usage, were also available to those in attendance.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Also nearby is the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, another excellent space with a rolling programme where recent exhibitions have included overviews of 1960s Japan and legendary photojournalist Robert Capa.
—Stephen Kelly, TheWeek, 26 Mar. 2026
Welcome to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s first Roundup Review, our new format that will highlight a broader range of restaurants with short, easily digestible overviews.
—Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overviews
Noun
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Clinicians who wanted to compare new trial data depended on journals, institutional summaries or conference presentations.—
Ami Bhatt,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Add splits to run summaries (rolling out this week).—
Stevie Bonifield,
The Verge,
27 May 2026
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While talks are ongoing with key details still to be worked out, the outlines of a deal include Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and letting ships pass without paying tolls, sources told Axios.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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Each panel is made of a flax-linen blend with delicate floral outlines of blooms and leaves.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Meanwhile, surveys indicate that US car buyers are aware of the concerns but don’t care.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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Other surveys found that Goetz had a higher level of name recognition among New Yorkers than their own governor, Mario Cuomo, did.—
Kevin Lozano,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Overviews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overviews. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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