big picture
Americannoun
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big pictures
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Gray's big picture tells us this: he was the first manager at Easter Road to qualify for European football in consecutive seasons since the great Eddie Turnbull in the early 1970s.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
That’s the idea — both in Saturday’s victory and in the big picture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The big picture, then, is that companies across the economy, not just those exposed to AI, are seeing solid demand, and that is translating into extraordinary profit and revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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
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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