as in realm
an area of influence, knowledge, or understanding
He readily admitted that the topic was outside of his purview, and anything he said about it would be mere uninformed speculation. As she rose within the company, her purview extended to many new departments.
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Recent Examples of purview
As a result, the case can be made that the law’s primary intent is preventing blight, which courts have found to be within cities’ purview.
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026
At the time, 3D printing was mostly the purview of architecture and engineers.
—Marisa Guthrie For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Traditionally, that has been the purview of regulators and law enforcement.
—Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Getting a pothole repaired, a fallen tree removed, graffiti scrubbed from a building or a number of tasks falling within the purview of the Waukegan Public Works Department recently became easier for city residents.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026
At the time, 3D printing was mostly the purview of architecture and engineers.
—Marisa Guthrie For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Traditionally, that has been the purview of regulators and law enforcement.
—Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Getting a pothole repaired, a fallen tree removed, graffiti scrubbed from a building or a number of tasks falling within the purview of the Waukegan Public Works Department recently became easier for city residents.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purview
Noun
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At some point these imaginary works pass into the realm of co-creation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Instead, use binders in nature that can assemble natural materials into a future where Earth can digest the architectural realm.—
Marcella Baietto,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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In recent days, Senate supporters have whittled down the scope of the plan, authorizing it only for Cook County and Chicago sites rather than statewide as Pritzker originally intended.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026
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The speed and scope of Ukraine’s automation is staggering.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Research on fine art collections in wealthy families — another domain where the older generation controls the asset and the younger one will inherit the complications — found that roughly six in 10 collectors haven’t discussed their collections with their heirs at all.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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That cycle will repeat across every enterprise use case until organizations treat AI deployment as a serious engineering and domain expertise challenge, not a demo.—
Praful Saklani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Will some of our operations fall within the sanctions’ ambit?—
Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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Yet the kind of misrepresentations experienced by Tkachuk and Harris aren’t within the ambit of intimate imagery laws.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Purview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purview. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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