synoptic

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Some frustrated users turned to humour: "As much as I love a good game of hide and seek, can you tell us where you're hiding synoptic charts or drop some clues?"

From BBC

What unites these writers is their disregard for traditional disciplinary boundaries and a determination to reach for synoptic knowledge of stupefyingly complex subjects.

From New York Times

Several days out, it’s possible to begin keying in on the positions of synoptic, or larger-scale, features that are important to the forecast.

From Washington Post

Maybe a more synoptic way of putting it is that we seem to evince less and less interest in citizenship and more and more interest in consumerism.

From Los Angeles Times

Low pressure was the most common source of pain reports, said David Schultz, a professor of synoptic meteorology at the University of Manchester and lead author of the new paper.

From Washington Post