at a glance

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Prepositional phrase

at a glance

(idiomatic) Upon cursory examination; at a guess.
At a glance it seems that he is a nice guy, but upon digging deeper the truth emerges.

This report is certainly not comprehensive; it is more of a "Marketing Division at a glance".

Translations

on cursory examination

French: à première vue (fr), à vue de nez (fr), au jugé (fr), au doigt mouillé (fr)
Russian: на пе́рвый взгля́д (ru) (na pérvyj vzgljád); с пе́рвого взгля́да (s pérvovo vzgljáda); сра́зу (ru) (srázu)

Swedish: på ytan, vid första anblick

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