as in realms
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 purviews
Corporate Functions · COO Courtney Armstrong, CFO Mark Badagliacca, EVP Human Resources Talia Robinson, and EVP Global Communications & Media Relations Brooke Robertson are expanding their respective purviews to encompass PTVS, in addition to their current roles at Paramount Pictures.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Other Paramount Pictures executives who will expand their purviews to include PTVS oversight include COO Courtney Armstrong, CFO Mark Badagliacca, EVP Human Resources Talia Robinson, and EVP Global Communications & Media Relations Brooke Robertson.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Other Paramount Pictures executives who will expand their purviews to include PTVS oversight include COO Courtney Armstrong, CFO Mark Badagliacca, EVP Human Resources Talia Robinson, and EVP Global Communications & Media Relations Brooke Robertson.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purviews
Noun
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Does this explain, perhaps, why Hopkins would then traffic back and forth between the grand realms of British classical theatre and the badlands of the movies, over the years, with an ease denied even to Olivier?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Jack is curious about life’s mysteries and wants to learn about the elements that make up all the realms.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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How Koi uncovered DarkSpectre's hidden network The breakthrough came when Koi analysts examined two domains tied to ShadyPanda.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Alongside the models, NVIDIA released large-scale open datasets covering multiple domains.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But first and foremost, some good rest and looking into new horizons.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Jan. 2026
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For Hollywood in particular, the year’s events prompted the biggest reckoning yet with AI, which permeated the industry with the promise of efficiency and new artistic horizons but also threats to longstanding business practices.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2026
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In his own secret lair, Vilgefortz learns from Istredd that Ciri possesses a the power to collapse space and time — not only for the Continent, but for other spheres of reality.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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These are frequently shaped into nested spheres—though there are many exceptions, including intricate axial symmetries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Purviews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purviews. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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