big picture
noun
often capitalized B&P
: the entire perspective on a situation or issue
—used with the
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As Florida’s locker room celebration raged on just a few rooms over, Sarkisian and Texas players cautioned against getting caught looking at the big picture too much and instead turned their focus toward the Sooners next week in the annual rivalry game.
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Grace Raynor, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Art concerns particularities of human existence framed by the big picture, but the picture has swallowed the frame.
—Kate Colby
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
The present-day inn has 55 rooms and is centrally located in downtown Mystic, with a wraparound porch and big picture windows overlooking the river.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
The big picture goal is to find ways to reduce and repurpose waste, which will require collaboration across industries.
—Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
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Grace Raynor, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Art concerns particularities of human existence framed by the big picture, but the picture has swallowed the frame.
—Kate Colby
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
The present-day inn has 55 rooms and is centrally located in downtown Mystic, with a wraparound porch and big picture windows overlooking the river.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
The big picture goal is to find ways to reduce and repurpose waste, which will require collaboration across industries.
—Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for big picture
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“Big picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20picture. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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