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
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
"It's not that you have to agree on every single issue, but at a certain point you've got to look at the big picture and say, how can we move this ball forward?"
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The whale rams us again, and finally the navigator looks around him to see the big picture.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
