BOILED DOWN Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

boiled down

verb

past tense of boil down

as in summarized

to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report) the discussion of the problem can be boiled down to a couple of critical points

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Recent Examples of boiled down The Emmy winner said his purpose in the movie boiled down to just running around. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 So, the stakes of their last two games of the regular season boiled down to health and preparation for the postseason. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Presumably, his unclear methodology boiled down to randomly sampling primes and dividing each from RSA-260 until one of them divided evenly. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026 His issues mainly get boiled down to desperately needing to masturbate. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 The fact is, much of our financial lives can be boiled down to a few big decisions. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 These toads would be boiled down in billycans to produce a sludgy brew, which the hippies purportedly drank. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026 In its simplest form, the show’s plot can be boiled down to a war between Team Green (the color of House Hightower) and Team Black (the color of House Targaryen). — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026 Our attempts to understand mental health challenges usually boiled down to a conversation about having better work/life balance. — Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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Today, CMOs win when their brands are cited, summarized and recommended inside generative answers, where discovery and decisions now happen.

— Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Yet Marcon’s works defy old-world tempos with their pacing (the shots in Monelle, 2017, last no more than a second each), their length (several clock in at under five minutes), and, of course, the seeming ease with which they can be summarized.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026

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VanderGiesen outlined the reasons for the plea agreement after being questioned by the judge about the deal.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
The private nonprofit organization’s yearly reports haven’t outlined progress on roughly two dozen venues around Greater Los Angeles.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

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