boil down
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Synonyms
abstract, brief, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, outline, recap, recapitulate, reprise, sum up, summarize, synopsize, wrap up
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The Nature of Prejudice, Allport reasoned that bigotry often boils down to a lack of acquaintance. — K.n.c., The Economist, "How to increase empathy and unite society," 7 June 2019 During a 2015 conversation with Asaf Shalev of Anchorage Daily News, Aaron Leggett a Dena'ina historian says the efforts all boil down to awareness. — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, "This Account is Reclaiming the Indigenous Names for Mountains One Geotag at a Time," 22 Feb. 2018 In general, the Civic Center options boil down to the following: (1) Rehabilitate it. — John Sharp, AL.com, "Should Mardi Gras be main reason to tear down or fix up Civic Center?," 7 Feb. 2018 But these days, film criticism is often boiled down to a number and fed to an aggregator like Rotten Tomatoes, and that’s what audiences are interested in — not an argument or a piece of writing. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "The real reason we need more diversity in film criticism," 22 June 2018 The sixth-grade race boiled down to a 1-2 finish from the Melillo duo of Ariana Perez and Ayah Palomares. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "Fourth GFJ kid earns perfect 4-year campaign," 15 Apr. 2018 If that just whets your appetite for more, the studio also did a boiled down version of the original Star Wars Episode IV as well of a slew of other popular and classic films. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "Watch All of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Boiled Down Into a One Minute Animation," 29 Jan. 2016 The factual allegations against Mr. Assange boil down to encouraging a source to provide him information and taking efforts to protect the identity of that source. — Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, "WikiLeaks Founder Arrested, Charged With Computer-Hacking Conspiracy," 11 Apr. 2019 The Drunken Philosophy group has one solid, blunt rule, which boils down to: Don’t be a jerk. — Christy Karras, The Seattle Times, "Pick a table, pick a topic, pick a cocktail — it’s time to pick people’s minds, civilly, at Drunken Philosophy," 29 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'boil down.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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