overview
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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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"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
I’m a historian of social policy who led the first comprehensive historical overview of Medi-Cal, California’s statewide Medicaid system.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
The influence of “Our Town” is evident in the play’s existential overview.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
A recent example shared on Reddit saw a performance by ballroom dancers Reagan and Juli To described in an AI overview on TikTok as "a person repeatedly striking their head with a rubber chicken".
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
I first gave a general overview of my travels, itemizing the money we had received and the offers of training.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
The explanation goes a lot deeper than those AI overviews that now appear atop Google search results.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, search engines themselves are including AI overviews at the top of their results and that often means that users are getting their questions answered, without having to click on to another website.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 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
Eventually we aim to use this comparative data to produce intra-sectoral overviews.
From ERPANET Case Study: Project Gutenberg by ERPANET
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