as in summary
a general explanation or description of something
I was asked to give an overview of the company's sales figures. This book provides a broad overview of American history.
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Recent Examples of overview
Many albums and side projects later, aren’t the Strokes due a multi-track overview that takes us through their unconventional career?
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Below is a brief overview of the Temecula AVA and tasting notes on a representative selection of its wines.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
If the feature is enabled, a 5-minute podcast overview of a user's favorite topics will automatically appear in their Discover feed each day, 9to5Google says.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 9 Jan. 2025
Every county assessor’s site works a little differently, but here’s an overview of how to search on the Maricopa County site here in Arizona.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Below is a brief overview of the Temecula AVA and tasting notes on a representative selection of its wines.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
If the feature is enabled, a 5-minute podcast overview of a user's favorite topics will automatically appear in their Discover feed each day, 9to5Google says.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 9 Jan. 2025
Every county assessor’s site works a little differently, but here’s an overview of how to search on the Maricopa County site here in Arizona.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overview
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My colleagues will go into more detail about the changes, but here is a summary of key headlines: STREAMING CNN Max has been a tremendous resource for us.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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The minutes of the meeting, which were recorded by Otto Rank, on January 11th, 1911, are essentially a summary of Hilferding's presentation.—
Marcy Thompson,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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The planning boards are the outline of structured communications among nurses, doctors and patients.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Jan. 2025
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Among a plethora of statement outerwear this season, the shearling coat — done in alpaca — came to the fore as an all-time classic to embrace, which Johnson presented in a mid-length suede version with 3D outlines for patch pockets and buttonholes.—
Sandra Salibian,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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Vance has 27% of GOP support, Trump Jr. 21% in the survey shared with Secrets on Thursday.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
30 Jan. 2025
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Iceland ranked fourth in this survey, with perfect scores in the financial inclusion and absence of legal discrimination categories.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Overview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overview. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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