aperçu

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I guess we could fault Caleb for this aperçu, but in a novel that purports to be about the slippery idea of authorship, let’s blame Lipstein.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2022

“It’s an aperçu of Alex Trebek, human being. What is he like? What has he done? How did he screw up? Things like that.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2020

A little aperçu into your field equipment and methods would be of great interest.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2010

Once the full force of his Sistine Chapel aperçu is realised, it becomes impossible – at least for me – to regard the visual arts in the same way.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010

I hope, dear Uncle, you will in process of time give me the aperçu you mention, which would be so very interesting for me.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount