as in realm
an area of influence, knowledge, or understanding
He readily admitted that the topic was outside of his purview, and anything he said about it would be mere uninformed speculation. As she rose within the company, her purview extended to many new departments.
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Recent Examples of purview
Orbán hopes the Patriots for Europe will be a vehicle for transforming the EU to his vision, for example, by decreasing the bloc’s purview in matters of rule of law and democracy, taking a zero-tolerance approach to immigration and steering toward deeper cooperation with Russia and China.
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Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Looking for an interesting name outside that top-15 purview?
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Justin Ray,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
As archivist Maddie DeLaere has noted, the mag’s purview was capacious.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
Is tragicomedy likewise the purview of those who are comfortably removed from the world’s worst horrors?
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Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Looking for an interesting name outside that top-15 purview?
—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
As archivist Maddie DeLaere has noted, the mag’s purview was capacious.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
Is tragicomedy likewise the purview of those who are comfortably removed from the world’s worst horrors?
—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for purview
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purview
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What if Baahubali dies and has to go through the 14 realms of the afterlife in Indian mythology?
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He’s transported to a realm of Tolkienesque fantasy, deposited somewhere between the Stony Waste and the Frozen Sea.
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The movement lacks central leadership and messaging, but its scope has expanded beyond the environmental complaints that sparked it.
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The agency has not indicated when that review will conclude, and the final scope of any patent could change during the examination process.
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The first, Victus Nox, was launched by Firefly Aerospace in September 2023, and was focused on space domain awareness capabilities.
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Both varieties are now in the public domain and can be grown and sold by anyone.
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Yet the kind of misrepresentations experienced by Tkachuk and Harris aren’t within the ambit of intimate imagery laws.
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When infused with the power of a rising hegemon, those men were capable of actions that expanded their empire’s ambit.
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“Purview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purview. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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