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
Ben Samek, whose company Banijay has produced shows such as MasterChef and Below Deck, criticized Newsom's plan for failing to include unscripted TV productions within its purview.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Who or what counts as a legal person with privileges and protections might be a political or philosophical determination, but life is a matter of biological fact and within the doctors’ purview.
—Lindsey Breitwieser, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Over the last decade, under Johnston and former Mayor Michael Hancock, the city added about 4,000 employees and expanded both programs and the purview of city government.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 9 June 2025
Once the purview of a mostly European and mostly male fan base, Formula 1 racing, or F1, has become one of the chicest sports for women to follow, with a growing impact on fashion and culture.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 June 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Who or what counts as a legal person with privileges and protections might be a political or philosophical determination, but life is a matter of biological fact and within the doctors’ purview.
—Lindsey Breitwieser, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Over the last decade, under Johnston and former Mayor Michael Hancock, the city added about 4,000 employees and expanded both programs and the purview of city government.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 9 June 2025
Once the purview of a mostly European and mostly male fan base, Formula 1 racing, or F1, has become one of the chicest sports for women to follow, with a growing impact on fashion and culture.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purview
Noun
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In the realm of the visual, the Renaissance umanisti became humanists in our sense, almost by accident: what the painters learned from the past gave them license to enliven their work with faces, bodies, and desires.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The modular form’s numbers only had to be equivalent in the realm of what’s known as clock arithmetic.—
Joseph Howlett,
Wired News,
27 July 2025
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Kentucky's incentives are not unusual in their scope compared to other states and are attractive to the industry, experts said, with the potential to shave millions of dollars off the cost of data center development.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
30 July 2025
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Benjamin Heber Johnson: Honestly, writing a history of this scope is a huge challenge.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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These children show difficulties across almost every domain: language, cognition, behavior.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The domains saw repeat inclusion in 2020, but have not been included on the list since, the AAFA said.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
18 July 2025
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Postal law enforcement must stick to its guns and focus on the very real problems within its ambit.—
Ross Marchand,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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Last year, it was announced that the paper would no longer issue endorsements in local elections, and the ambit of the excellent Metro section has narrowed considerably.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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“Purview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purview. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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