as in summarized
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
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Recent Examples of encapsulated
Swift’s 149-show, five-continent expedition encapsulated a tsunami of emotions not just among her fans, but her own journey through a very public breakup, a fling and, as indicated by her engagement to Kelce, knee-buckling love.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The Mets’ defensive fifth inning encapsulated everything wrong with them.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Versace’s cutout tank tops encapsulated the mood of confidence and modern power dressing.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
That was perhaps nicely encapsulated in his 5-yard touchdown run through maybe six defenders after being spun around with his feet in the air before resetting and churning back upfield.
—Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
This loss, in a sense, encapsulated the last third of their season.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
The hero behind the groundbreaking collection is Skin Activator Technology that delivers microdosed mandelic acid (AHA) to gently exfoliate and encapsulated centella asiatica (CICA) to soothe, hydrate and go deep into the surface skin layers to activate the senescent cells.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The president talks about China as an economic rival but rarely as a strategic one—a view neatly encapsulated by his decision last month to ease export controls on advanced chips, which granted Beijing a boost in the AI race in exchange for a cut of the resulting sales.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
For some, the moment encapsulated a generational obsession with self-recording, a habit that critics argue comes at the expense of simply enjoying the music in real time.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The Mets’ defensive fifth inning encapsulated everything wrong with them.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Versace’s cutout tank tops encapsulated the mood of confidence and modern power dressing.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
That was perhaps nicely encapsulated in his 5-yard touchdown run through maybe six defenders after being spun around with his feet in the air before resetting and churning back upfield.
—Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
This loss, in a sense, encapsulated the last third of their season.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
The hero behind the groundbreaking collection is Skin Activator Technology that delivers microdosed mandelic acid (AHA) to gently exfoliate and encapsulated centella asiatica (CICA) to soothe, hydrate and go deep into the surface skin layers to activate the senescent cells.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The president talks about China as an economic rival but rarely as a strategic one—a view neatly encapsulated by his decision last month to ease export controls on advanced chips, which granted Beijing a boost in the AI race in exchange for a cut of the resulting sales.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
For some, the moment encapsulated a generational obsession with self-recording, a habit that critics argue comes at the expense of simply enjoying the music in real time.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encapsulated
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The Vietnam experience can almost be summarized by its iconic photographs, images everyone knows; the war in visual shorthand.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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In an interview with Rolling Stone, Villa summarized the latest research.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Trump outlined the 20-point plan last week at the White House alongside Netanyahu.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s press office outlined new rules that would sharply restrict reporting, leveraging the fact that many military reporters have press credentials allowing physical access to the Pentagon complex.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Encapsulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encapsulated. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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