purview
Example Sentences
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In its final report, the commission recommended that the governor and treasurer strike a formal deal to “create a unified application and review process” for all the affordable finance programs under their respective purviews.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2025
"We've also seen some bureaucratic institutions successfully expanding their purviews in recent months, which broadens the range of potential regulatory concerns for investors next year," he said.
From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2021
You’ve spent time as a Cabinet member in the Obama Administration, and one of your purviews was housing.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 24, 2019
This new set of restrictions essentially gave Huffman and his teams the power to cut off a handful of the worst offenders, spanning several purviews.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2018
And that they make certain purviews and examinations to wait daily upon the keeping thereof.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
Vocabulary lists containing purview
Common Senses: Vid, Vis ("See")
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