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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
For other cooking strategies like grilling, broiling, and baking, don’t miss our overview of how—and how long—to cook lobster tails every which way.
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2024
Here’s a brief overview of what some of these studies found:
• Teachers identify AI less than half of the time.
—Jonathan Gillham, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Deliverables • Executive Summary Report: Provides a high-level overview of the audit’s key findings and potential accessibility risks.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
An overview of their argument was published on Monday on the website of the Heritage Foundation, a think tank where Burke is the director of the Center for Education Policy and Greene is a senior research fellow.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2024
Here’s a brief overview of what some of these studies found:
• Teachers identify AI less than half of the time.
—Jonathan Gillham, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Deliverables • Executive Summary Report: Provides a high-level overview of the audit’s key findings and potential accessibility risks.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
An overview of their argument was published on Monday on the website of the Heritage Foundation, a think tank where Burke is the director of the Center for Education Policy and Greene is a senior research fellow.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement 🏈 Rams-Cardinals summary Check out the game summary from the Rams’ win Saturday.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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That product showed users AI summaries atop Google’s traditional search results.Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
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The collision left dust from their plumage adhered to the glass, forming a haunting, ghostly outline of their final moments.Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Examples include boulders, logs, and other objects that conceal their outline.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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Further, nearly 1 in 4 cardholders — 23% — did not redeem any rewards at all in 2024, according to a new survey by Bankrate, which polled more than 2,500 rewards credit cardholders in November.Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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One in 20 American adults bought a gun for the first time between March 2020 and March 2022, according to a survey conducted by NORC (previously known as the National Opinion Research Center), a research organization based at the University of Chicago.Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Overview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overview. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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