synoptic
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Some frustrated users turned to humour: "As much as I love a good game of hide and seek, can you tell us where you're hiding synoptic charts or drop some clues?"
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
That’s because, by the time a large-scale synoptic system makes its way across the country and evolves over time, it typically reaches the Southeast right during those evening hours.
From Scientific American • Dec. 16, 2021
Tornado outbreaks are associated with a large-scale synoptic system.
From The Verge • Dec. 13, 2021
Price’s synoptic, all-of-the-above approach suggests that our concept of “reading” has been curiously narrowed at a moment when it should have broadened.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019
The synoptic accounts of the species are followed by five appendices: Appendix A discusses and illustrates man-made and applied tags and natural markings on cetaceans and their importance in studies of natural history.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David
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