big picture
noun
a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
big pictures
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pluralof big picture.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“He had a big heart to go with those big pictures he made while traveling the globe for the AP.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
The 2022 ceremony will be remembered for the altercation between two Hollywood luminaries, both of whom forged careers when big pictures actually won awards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
Of course, in their symphonic relationship, Kahlo’s “smallness,” and her work’s concentrated potency, hum in continuous counterpoint to Rivera’s largeness — the fat, thumping chords of his big politics, his big pictures, his great-man bloatedness.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2020
You half forget you’re in a Rauschenberg show till you look up to see his big pictures filling that wall.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2017
“What does your mom do? I mean, besides making big pictures of her own face.”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
