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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purviews
Noun
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Mortal Kombat 2 will focus on the Mortal Kombat tournament, the big battle in which warriors from different realms face off against one another in a fight to the bloody finish.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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For Aristotle, relationships are a portal into the realms of the vast and mysterious universe.—
Ross Channing Reed,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The science looks so similar across different domains, in terms of how much genetics matters, but our response to the science in the culture can swing really wildly from one direction to the other.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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The group then used its control of routers to change DNS lookups for select websites, including, Microsoft said, domains for the company’s 365 service.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the next four weeks promise opportunities to travel and broaden your horizons!—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Sentences contain particles of meaning that resist being pinned down and measured, instead combining and transforming into mysterious waves of story that take us beyond the limits of our own horizons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Vakil and his colleagues, Balázs Elek of the University of New South Wales and Jim Bryan of the University of British Columbia, were interested in studying how spheres can be embedded in special spaces called flag varieties.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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The spheres burst gently in my mouth, releasing a pleasant cascade of briny water.—
Megan Zhang,
Saveur,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Purviews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purviews. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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