as in general
relating to the main elements and not to specific details
a bird's-eye look at the current situation in that part of the world
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Adjective
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Apple continues to offer multi-year support across its hardware, including the Mac platform in general and the MacBook laptops in particular.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025 -
Among folks in the business, there is a general sense of Hacks as a funny show featuring great performances, made by incredibly likable people in Downs, Aniello, and Statsky.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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The real deal-breaker, experts say, is your overall health and facial structure.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
16 June 2025
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One major remaining question, though, is whether the measure can survive Democratic procedural challenges as Republicans advance the overall legislation through the budget reconciliation process.—
Gabrielle M. Etzel,
The Washington Examiner,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Pointedly, the commitment ranks on a broad par with France, where investment in French series, movies and documentaries now stands at an annual €250 million ($285.1 million), Netflix VP of content in France, Pauline Dauvin, said in April.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
16 June 2025
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But, like all industrious publishers, Dunton had broader ambitions: to seed new publics for his writing.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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“Bird's-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bird%27s-eye. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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