Thesaurus results for PURVIEWS

purviews

noun

plural of purview

as in realms

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 purviews Corporate Functions · COO Courtney Armstrong, CFO Mark Badagliacca, EVP Human Resources Talia Robinson, and EVP Global Communications & Media Relations Brooke Robertson are expanding their respective purviews to encompass PTVS, in addition to their current roles at Paramount Pictures. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025 Other Paramount Pictures executives who will expand their purviews to include PTVS oversight include COO Courtney Armstrong, CFO Mark Badagliacca, EVP Human Resources Talia Robinson, and EVP Global Communications & Media Relations Brooke Robertson. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025 This is a new role at Valentino that merges different purviews, as Achille will oversee all industrial divisions and the digital and technology functions. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

These bog bodies tell stories of a time when humans were sacrificed to the gods in bogs, as otherworldly margins between the human and divine realms, or when social outcasts met a cruel, violent end for failing to conform to societal standards.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Dante populated his realms of Hell and Purgatory with figures, monsters and moral frameworks borrowed directly from classical Greek and Roman myths.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of realms

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These technologies could support radicalization, recruitment and fundraising while helping groups conduct complex attacks across multiple domains.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The contest of networks will be nearly global, waged in multiple domains, with huge stakes riding on the outcome.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of domains

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Chips are products of an organizational culture—both within companies and between them—that encourages people to look beyond their own personal horizons.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Speculators may play an important role in markets by contributing to liquidity, but success is measured over shorter time horizons and requires sophisticated risk management.

— Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of horizons

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In this procedure, uranium-containing material is formed into tiny spheres by dipping them into a hot silicone-oil bath.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Wagyu beef and lamb koobideh are formed into bite-size, plump spheres doused in a sweet tomato and sumac glaze.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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