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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- noun The extent or range of function, power, or competence; scope. See Synonyms at range.
- noun Range of vision, comprehension, or experience; outlook.
- 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
- As our firm specializes entirely upon the assessment of machinery the matter hardly comes within our purview, and we have therefore recommended Mr. Ferguson to call upon you and lay the matter before you. — The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
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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.
— The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com - The field which he included in his purview was wide â” almost as wide as our national life. — Matthew Arnold
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- 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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/ (pûrˈvyo͞oˌ)/
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