the picture

Idioms  

1. see in the picture.

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Example Sentences

Climate change is also complicating the picture, not only by exacerbating “weather whiplash” — rapid swings between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — but also because warmer average temperatures are making more precipitation fall as rain instead of snow.

From Los Angeles Times

With the opposition all but out of the picture, Ouattara's party now boasts nearly 80 percent of seats in parliament, largely controls the Senate and dominates municipal and regional councils, in one of west Africa's fastest-growing economies and the world's top cocoa producer.

From Barron's

We’re introduced to surprising, composite images from the game exquisite corpse—in which each participant, having seen only the last bit of what was contributed previously, adds to the picture on a new section of an accordion-folded piece of paper.

From The Wall Street Journal

Efforts to develop domestic travel, sports, and entertainment to encourage older Chinese to spend their ample savings are another part of the picture.

From Barron's

Efforts to develop domestic travel, sports, and entertainment to encourage older Chinese to spend their ample savings are another part of the picture.

From Barron's

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