overview
Americannoun
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overviews
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of overview
Explanation
An overview is a general summary of something. An overview gives the big picture, while leaving out the minor details. If you take a class on American history, the class will be an overview: it will sum up the most important events that have happened, such as famous elections, national disasters, major wars, and economic trends. When writing an overview, you have to leave out a lot of details, because you're focusing on major points. You can give an overview of a company's business, of a sport team's season, or even of your own life.
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Example Sentences
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Morgansaid earlier this week that the Wall Street bank expects the event to focus on an overview of the pipeline, including updates on next-generation weight-loss and diabetes drugs as well as general strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Only studies like ours offer an overview of these traditions which bear witness to genuine know-how and diverse traditions."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Nall, from I Need an A, said one of the biggest pieces of misinformation that they see come from AI is a lack of a comprehensive overview of a person’s options.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
And in the huge market basement below will be galleries featuring permanent displays called Past Time, which will provide an overview of London's history through chronological and thematic displays.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
For one full week, Mr. Loring played rock and roll beginning with Bill Haley and continuing in a kind of inauthentic historical overview through Buddy Holly until it stopped abruptly with Roy Orbison.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Advertising spending is resilient, and the AI overviews Google has added to its search engine are boosting traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
What’s more, marketing professionals are already studying how LLMs rank sources to ensure that their content is picked up in A.I. overviews.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026
AI overviews, an AI summary of search results at the top of traditional Google search, have proven to be very effective in maintaining the near 90% market share Google has in search.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
County and nonprofit resources for mortgage relief, building estimates and overviews on the process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Interactive access is frequently used to do queries of NIC service overviews, look up user and host names, and scan lists of NIC documents.
From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Ed Krol
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