Examples of recap in a Sentence
Noun (1)
after a recap of this morning's meeting, we can discuss the issues that were raised
Verb (1)
please recap the highlights of the game for me
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
So perhaps the triple recap at the top of episode five is the show’s tacit blessing to skip over the first half of the series entirely?
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
Get Morning Squawk directly in your inbox CNBC’s Morning Squawk recaps the biggest stories investors should know before the stock market opens, every weekday morning.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
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Noun
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—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
So perhaps the triple recap at the top of episode five is the show’s tacit blessing to skip over the first half of the series entirely?
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
Verb
That teaser featured narration from John Leguizamo and Robert Pattinson's characters that quickly recaps the end of the mythological Trojan War, which precludes the events of Homer's The Odyssey.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
Get Morning Squawk directly in your inbox CNBC’s Morning Squawk recaps the biggest stories investors should know before the stock market opens, every weekday morning.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for recap
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“Recap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recap. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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recap
1 of 4 verb
re·cap
ˈrē-ˌkap 
ri-ˈkap
recapped; recapping
: recapitulate
now, to recap the news
recap
2 of 4 noun
re·cap
ˈrē-ˌkap
: a brief summary : recapitulation
recap
4 of 4 noun
re·cap
ˈrē-ˌkap
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