big picture
Example Sentences
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This activity itself isn’t new: People frequently work out the big picture of romantic compatibility by listing pros and cons, and the discovery of such a list is a recurring trope in sitcoms and rom-coms.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
The devil here isn’t in the details but in the big picture.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
In big picture terms, the documents will offer a fascinating internal insight, at scale, into how government works: the private interactions, information flows and disagreements.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
John Karras, the consultant, said of the strife: “We were like a microcosm of the big picture of the U.S.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“And a great big picture of her, and maybe one of them wax statues. Plus some of them old clothes and that shoe in the house. All that stuff mean a whole lot.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
