a window into/on
idiom
: something that makes it possible to see or understand something clearly
This knowledge opens a window into your opponent's mind.
The book gives the reader a window on war.
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Tracking investor positioning, fear and greed indicators, and derivatives market sentiment provides a window into shifts in market psychology.
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Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The purchase prices provide a window into how sports teams were viewed at the time: $170 million (NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning), $450 million (NBA’s Golden State Warriors), $476 million (EPL’s Liverpool) and $750 million (NFL’s Los Angeles Rams).
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2025
In these dark times, here is a film that shines a light and becomes urgent, even necessary, by simply providing a window into the humanity of a single family, one in many ways that is universal.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
But often, the tapes provided a window into some of their targets’ everyday lives, right down to their eating habits.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
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Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The purchase prices provide a window into how sports teams were viewed at the time: $170 million (NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning), $450 million (NBA’s Golden State Warriors), $476 million (EPL’s Liverpool) and $750 million (NFL’s Los Angeles Rams).
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2025
In these dark times, here is a film that shines a light and becomes urgent, even necessary, by simply providing a window into the humanity of a single family, one in many ways that is universal.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
But often, the tapes provided a window into some of their targets’ everyday lives, right down to their eating habits.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for a window into/on
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“A window into/on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20window%20into%2Fon. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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