big picture
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Maybe, though, it is better to step back and remember the big picture.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 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
But it was the big picture, the awareness in Disney of our own environment, that made this “Walküre” singular.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
They believed, further, that public financial markets lacked investors with an interest in the big picture.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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