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
But a recent breakthrough designation from the FDA could offer hints about its approach to regulating patient-facing chatbots that fall under its purview.
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Katie Palmer, STAT, 3 Mar. 2026
His expertise will allow Brzezinski to float into the handful of areas in a GM’s purview.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
No decisions were made Monday during an hours-long hearing that focused on 12 different bills with testimony from more than 100 witnesses on a wide variety of issues under the committee’s purview.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2026
The settlement was seen as the cost of doing business; similarly, demands for change at CNN are outside the purview of an antitrust review.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
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Katie Palmer, STAT, 3 Mar. 2026
His expertise will allow Brzezinski to float into the handful of areas in a GM’s purview.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
No decisions were made Monday during an hours-long hearing that focused on 12 different bills with testimony from more than 100 witnesses on a wide variety of issues under the committee’s purview.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2026
The settlement was seen as the cost of doing business; similarly, demands for change at CNN are outside the purview of an antitrust review.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purview
Noun
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Strictly within the realm of football, Kelce is one of the most recognizable athletes in the country’s most-popular sport after racking up 11 selections to the Pro Bowl and the eighth-most catches (1,080) in NFL history.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
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Open calls for actors Open auditions, known in the regional theater realm as Equity Principal Auditions, are a reality of being a professional theater.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
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In the absence of details about the timeframe or scope of the new files to be released, their contents, at this point, are purely speculative.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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By this time, the scope of her life had contracted.—
Anika Burgess,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hey, that guy is well into the public domain.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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Despite its dangerous reputation, accidents in the main La Grave ski domain are extremely rare.—
Sergei Poljak,
Outside,
7 Mar. 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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When infused with the power of a rising hegemon, those men were capable of actions that expanded their empire’s ambit.—
Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Purview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purview. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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