Sentence examples for a synoptic from inspiring English sources

"It's the best way to get a synoptic picture.

The young Brunel had a synoptic genius for the technical possibilities of engineering.

These accounts 'need to be supplemented by what a synoptic and artificial view reveals'.

A synoptic view of Western philosophy in the 19th century reveals an interesting chronology.

Seen against Leonardo's lifelong journey of discovery, "Vitruvian Man" ultimately offers a "synoptic image" of the Renaissance itself.

They can in turn extrapolate information about the general circulation of the upper stratum of the ocean from a synoptic view of the surface pressure field.

"Katz X Katz" is a synoptic show, meaning that Mr. Storr's intention is to present a cinched version of a retrospective.

The Whitney gives a synoptic, transcultural look at her career in a retrospective that originated at the Tate Modern in London.

On one occasion the cancan is used to help present a synoptic if extensive history of organized labor, from the days of the pharaohs to the present.

The Aquarium has arranged their quarters as a synoptic exhibit of the Scorpaenidae, and the rascasses (either Scorpaena scrofa or Scorpaena porcus) share their home with a lionfish (Pterois volitans) and two stonefish (Synanceja horrida).

As I discuss in this week's DVD of the week, Charlie Chaplin's 1940 film "The Great Dictator" is remarkable, not least, for providing a synoptic view of Hitler's dictatorship and of the resulting persecution of Jews.