purviews

plural of purview
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. — 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 This is a new role at Valentino that merges different purviews, as Achille will oversee all industrial divisions and the digital and technology functions. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
  • Funke, as a whole, keeps fine-tuning in both the savory and sweet realms.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the Smithsonian underwent a political awakening during the 2020 upheaval over the COVID-19 pandemic and murder of George Floyd that echoed responses in academia and other progressive realms.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • This includes coordinated sensing across multiple domains and autonomous operations in contested, disconnected, and degraded environments.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Both execs are well-liked and respected, and both boast tremendous domains, consisting of both studios and networks.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Stargazer route travels through the New Mexico desert to the Galisteo Basin, a preserve south of Santa Fe with wide-open horizons and very little light pollution.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Foodies won’t want to miss this opportunity to treat their taste buds and expand their culinary horizons.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Wagyu beef and lamb koobideh are formed into bite-size, plump spheres doused in a sweet tomato and sumac glaze.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Growers commonly use sticky traps, often tapes or red spheres that resemble ripening apples, along with chemical or food-based lures, to attract adult flies.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Purviews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purviews. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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