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at a glance

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  1. at a glanceadverb

    Upon cursory examination; an abbreviated review.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of at a glance in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of at a glance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of at a glance in a Sentence

  1. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP:

    At first glance, it might seem that this is a new global order stacked against America, but that is not necessarily so. The U.S. remains the world’s leading power, still stronger than all the rest by far.

  2. John Muir:

    There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

  3. Wilhelm von Humboldt:

    If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions of the human mind.

  4. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:

    The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.

  5. Tom Dening:

    The study makes the assumption that it is reasonable to gather together studies from the other two major coronavirus epidemics of the last 20 years — SARS and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome — and to combine these with the relatively limited data so far available about the effects of Covid-19 upon mental health, it is probably legitimate to do so, but a casual glance at the paper may suggest that the paper is mainly about Covid-19, whereas most of the data come from the earlier virus outbreaks.


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