purview

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MacNeil and Lehrer come to mind, but they began as a team and their purview was and is limited to news, whereas Winfrey's platform is broader and the choice of subject matter completely under her control.

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  1. noun The extent or range of function, power, or competence; scope. See Synonyms at range.
  2. noun Range of vision, comprehension, or experience; outlook.
  3. noun Law The body, scope, or limit of a statute.

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  • That was Zed's purview, and so far as Shana was concerned, as long as his fuel-cutters and charcoal-burners cut their timber selec'tively and replanted where they cut, she didn't care. —  Elvenborn
  • As our firm specializes entirely upon the as - sessment of machinery the matter hardly comes within our purview, and we have therefore recommended Mr. Fergu - son to call upon you and lay the matter before you. —  The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
  • Repeated use, however, has obliterated its original metaphysical meaning: kitsch is the absolute denial of shit, in both the literal and the figurative senses of the word; kitsch excludes everything from its purview which is essentially unacceptable in human existence. —  The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • MacNeil and Lehrer come to mind, but they began as a team and their purview was and is limited to news, whereas Winfrey's platform is broader and the choice of subject matter completely under her control. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • The field which he included in his purview was wide — almost as wide as our national life. —  Matthew Arnold
 

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  1. Alteration (influenced by view) of Middle English purveu, proviso, from Anglo-Norman purveu est, it is provided (from the use of this word to introduce a proviso), past participle of purveier, to provide; see purvey.

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  1. from Old French pourvieu, purview, from pourveu, French pourvu, provided, past participle of pourvoir, provide, purvey: see purvey.
 

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