big picture
Americannoun
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big pictures
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That’s the idea — both in Saturday’s victory and in the big picture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
In the big picture, AI’s impact on job numbers has been “very muted right now,” said ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Adlam said her message to Burnham was to "look at the big picture for the country".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The news on the battlefront and in the air war is bad enough for the Kremlin; the big picture looks even worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
“There’s forty-six of those pieces of DNA in every human nucleus. We call those chromosomes —those are the things that were colored bright in that big picture I gave you.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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