as in realm
an area of influence, knowledge, or understanding
He readily admitted that the topic was outside of his purview, and anything he said about it would be mere uninformed speculation. As she rose within the company, her purview extended to many new departments.
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Recent Examples of purview
The district’s letter and the accompanying audit report only include investigations of issues under the district’s purview as the charter authorizer, but what about the other concerns parents and teachers have brought to the table?
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
SaaS-to-SaaS connections are constantly forming through APIs or OAuth tokens, creating a chain of potential points of vulnerabilities that often fall outside of the purview of cybersecurity monitoring.
—Ofer Klein, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
The Republican, appointed by former President Joe Biden, has supported the CFTC’s controversial oversight duties of nascent sports prediction markets, which by default have fallen under CFTC purview because the agency regulates futures trading.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 14 May 2025
The legal function is an enterprise strategic asset and a trusted advisor whose purview has become far broader than the narrow boundaries of its legacy role.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
SaaS-to-SaaS connections are constantly forming through APIs or OAuth tokens, creating a chain of potential points of vulnerabilities that often fall outside of the purview of cybersecurity monitoring.
—Ofer Klein, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
The Republican, appointed by former President Joe Biden, has supported the CFTC’s controversial oversight duties of nascent sports prediction markets, which by default have fallen under CFTC purview because the agency regulates futures trading.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 14 May 2025
The legal function is an enterprise strategic asset and a trusted advisor whose purview has become far broader than the narrow boundaries of its legacy role.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purview
Noun
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More definitively, the company has made significant progress across the realms of healthcare delivery and life sciences through use-cases such as advancing protein structure prediction models, optimizing medical imaging LLMs and even progressing with VR technology.—
Dr. Sai Balasubramanian,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In that realm, the Padres have fared very well, not just this year but since 2021.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Court of Common Pleas Judge Stephen Corr said the lawsuit was beyond the scope of state law.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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His role, while technically unpaid and temporary, grew in both scope and influence—often bypassing traditional bureaucratic channels.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 May 2025
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As described, Golden Dome would use the sensors in a layered approach in which they are installed on a variety of platforms in multiple domains, including ground, sea, air and space.—
Iain Boyd,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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In the 10,000 sample records there were 220 email addresses with .gov domains.—
Matt Burgess,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Postal law enforcement must stick to its guns and focus on the very real problems within its ambit.—
Ross Marchand,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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Last year, it was announced that the paper would no longer issue endorsements in local elections, and the ambit of the excellent Metro section has narrowed considerably.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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“Purview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purview. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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