bird's-eye
Example Sentences
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For that reason, I suggest you enlist independent third-party help: a fee-only fiduciary who can give you a bird’s-eye view of your finances and who has no incentive to sell you another policy.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
He shifts effortlessly between bird’s-eye panoramas of battles and empires and close-up historical family dramas or images of himself rumbling along in a truck on dirt roads to visit the sites where things happened.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Only one small piece of the house remained: a brick fireplace with its chimney, situated near windows with bird’s-eye views of the Pacific Ocean below.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
"The bird's-eye view from drones gives us a huge boost in situational awareness," explained a spokesperson from the LFB.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025
From a bird’s-eye view—the historian’s view—the Scientific Revolution is a long, slow process, beginning with Tycho Brahe and ending with Newton.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
