big picture
Example Sentences
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Adlam said her message to Burnham was to "look at the big picture for the country".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
A few tenths of a percentage point won’t alter the big picture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
In the big picture, the bill’s aim is improving processes in order to speed along the amount of available housing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
At the wedding, on a brown upright piano in the church, she’d put a big picture of her dad.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
