panoptic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

As the movie progresses, the definition of God evolves into something sweeping and panoptic.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

South Korean authorities relied on a panoptic software they had been developing to manage “smart city” projects — a dashboard to collect and analyze data to improve urban life.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2021

But understanding how this came to be first requires a panoptic survey of everything from the world of the Late Cretaceous period to the 1990s rise of right-wing politics in Mongolia.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2018

Some passages unfold in the intimate first person, some in the inclusive, indicting second, and some in the panoptic third, but the over-all narrator remains elusive.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016

I suppose the town has a modern jail now—perhaps even with panoptic galleries!

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert