big picture

Example Sentences

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This activity itself isn’t new: People frequently work out the big picture of romantic compatibility by listing pros and cons, and the discovery of such a list is a recurring trope in sitcoms and rom-coms.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

The devil here isn’t in the details but in the big picture.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

“But the big picture is that a relief rally probably won’t be very large by the standards of such things.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

In the big picture, though, with the caveats of the regulations, F1 cars are still the fastest and most demanding in the world, and they are still testing the drivers to the limit.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

By Thursday, September 18, 2008, however, the big picture had grown so unstable that the small picture had become nearly incoherent to him.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis