as in summaries
a general explanation or description of something
I was asked to give an overview of the company's sales figures. This book provides a broad overview of American history.
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Recent Examples of overviews
Whether users are searching on mobile or web, typical search results are being replaced by AI summaries or overviews at the top, while sponsored ads and search results appear below these summaries.
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Neil Henderson, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Cutting To The Chase Many of the investors at this year’s conference weren’t interested in lengthy presentations and abstract overviews.
—Niven R. Narain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The Great Morel website publishes yearly overviews of each morel hunting season.
—Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
Travel booking sites like Kayak and TripAdvisor are also concerned about Google’s AI search overviews chipping away at traffic, Forbes reported.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Numeric scores allow for precise comparisons, while summaries provide more digestible overviews.
—Shiran Danoch, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Plenty of people have griped about Google's AI overviews since their rollout.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Ars has pointed out that these AI overviews often misunderstand why people are even using Google.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Users receive concise overviews with source links, which boosts credibility and user trust.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Neil Henderson, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Cutting To The Chase Many of the investors at this year’s conference weren’t interested in lengthy presentations and abstract overviews.
—Niven R. Narain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The Great Morel website publishes yearly overviews of each morel hunting season.
—Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
Travel booking sites like Kayak and TripAdvisor are also concerned about Google’s AI search overviews chipping away at traffic, Forbes reported.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Numeric scores allow for precise comparisons, while summaries provide more digestible overviews.
—Shiran Danoch, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Plenty of people have griped about Google's AI overviews since their rollout.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Ars has pointed out that these AI overviews often misunderstand why people are even using Google.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Users receive concise overviews with source links, which boosts credibility and user trust.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Overviews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overviews. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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