as in realms
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 purviews
Corporate Functions · COO Courtney Armstrong, CFO Mark Badagliacca, EVP Human Resources Talia Robinson, and EVP Global Communications & Media Relations Brooke Robertson are expanding their respective purviews to encompass PTVS, in addition to their current roles at Paramount Pictures.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Other Paramount Pictures executives who will expand their purviews to include PTVS oversight include COO Courtney Armstrong, CFO Mark Badagliacca, EVP Human Resources Talia Robinson, and EVP Global Communications & Media Relations Brooke Robertson.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Other Paramount Pictures executives who will expand their purviews to include PTVS oversight include COO Courtney Armstrong, CFO Mark Badagliacca, EVP Human Resources Talia Robinson, and EVP Global Communications & Media Relations Brooke Robertson.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purviews
Noun
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Jack is curious about life’s mysteries and wants to learn about the elements that make up all the realms.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The thorium nuclear transition could enable physicists to explore previously inaccessible realms of new physics.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Where traditional shipbuilding relied on labor and scale, the new frontier rewards autonomy, precision, and adaptability — domains where American ingenuity excels.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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That phrase had replicated itself across web domains, YouTube channels, Twitter (now X) accounts, Facebook pages and WhatsApp groups.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Major deals now feature 20-30 year funding horizons—extraordinary bets on technologies whose commercial viability five years from now remains uncertain.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Expect to travel and expand your horizons.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The community is too vast, composed of too many distinct and overlapping spheres.—
Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The answer for one dimension is 3, two dimensions gets you 6, and a three dimensional situation can support 12 kissing spheres.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Purviews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purviews. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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