big picture
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The big picture also includes ongoing declining enrollment — funding ultimately is linked to enrollment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
“But the big picture is that WTI has been range-bound since the April 7 cease-fire: bouncing between the high $80s and low $100s.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
This activity itself isn’t new: People frequently work out the big picture of romantic compatibility by listing pros and cons, and the discovery of such a list is a recurring trope in sitcoms and rom-coms.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
In big picture terms, the documents will offer a fascinating internal insight, at scale, into how government works: the private interactions, information flows and disagreements.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
I asked, because I was just catching on that with Nazario and Bodega you had to see the big picture.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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