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
Campaigns under her purview include Bridgerton, Stranger Things, The Queen’s Gambit, The Crown, Emily in Paris, Queer Eye, Love Is Blind, The Circle, among others.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
In 1934, in tune with the outlook of FDR’s New Deal, the 1927 act was replaced with more expansive legislation giving the commission greater power and purview, including over the hegemonic AT&T, the telephone oligopoly.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
That law is under fire for a separate reason right now, as NCAA reformers look to expand the law’s purview to include college conferences.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Not all construction along Washington Street is under the purview of IndyGo, but Smith will be able to direct concerns to the right place if not.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
In 1934, in tune with the outlook of FDR’s New Deal, the 1927 act was replaced with more expansive legislation giving the commission greater power and purview, including over the hegemonic AT&T, the telephone oligopoly.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
That law is under fire for a separate reason right now, as NCAA reformers look to expand the law’s purview to include college conferences.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Not all construction along Washington Street is under the purview of IndyGo, but Smith will be able to direct concerns to the right place if not.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purview
Noun
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By creating space for these histories in her fictive realm, Pritam strove to remember those on the periphery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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War is a realm of chance, accident, and volatility over which its participants can only ever hope to work a small measure of influence, as Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace reminds us.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As its name suggests, a macroscope is an instrument for making large-scale entities (macro-) visible to the eye (scope).—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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Scant details While the diplomatic momentum appeared strong, few details were released about the scope of the new trade frameworks.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One key mission of the Space Force is space domain awareness (SDA), which is focused on tracking and monitoring objects in space.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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In law, finance, tax, and other high stakes domains, wrong answers do not just waste time.—
Joel Hron,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To that point, Bataillon reasoned that an eligibility rule doesn’t fall within the ambit of Alston since the rule is not about compensation, let alone the type of compensation at issue in Alston.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 July 2025
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Those who would argue that this abuse of power constitutes a crime should remember that Trump and his team have avidly proclaimed that presidents must have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts within the broad ambit of executive power.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 July 2025
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“Purview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purview. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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