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Six example sentences with synoptic, each labelled with its topic.
Forecasters begin with a synoptic chart that puts every front, pressure center, and wind field on one page.
Science
The final chapter is synoptic, drawing the four separate family stories into a single arc the reader can hold.
Literature
A synoptic table at the back sets Chinese, Persian, and Roman events side by side across the same centuries.
History
The board wanted a synoptic report, one page showing every division's sales, costs, and headcount side by side.
Business
Plato asked for a synoptic thinker, someone who could hold the separate sciences together in a single view.
Philosophy
The bank's synoptic dashboard puts unemployment, inflation, and lending on one screen so the committee sees the whole picture.
Economics
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