as in to compress
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
capsulized accounts of the breach in national security failed to convey its gravity
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Recent Examples of capsulize
Newsom's administration came up with a shorthand acronym to capsulize key elements of its new approach: SMARTER.
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CBS News, 18 Feb. 2022
To many, that question is capsulized in the conflict over Lasix.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 9 Aug. 2019
A dozen days after Tilly's death, Wright still struggles to capsulize his feelings.
—Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 7 June 2017
CBS News, 18 Feb. 2022
To many, that question is capsulized in the conflict over Lasix.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 9 Aug. 2019
A dozen days after Tilly's death, Wright still struggles to capsulize his feelings.
—Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 7 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsulize
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This enables compressed heat to be stored and reused throughout the process without fossil fuel combustion, delivering significant low‑carbon benefits, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Inevitably, however, the result feels like the character evolutions, machinations, and plot pivots of an entire series of the show compressed desperately into 112 minutes.—
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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That’s a symptom of Suda and his team condensing their grand vision into a smaller experience.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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This interview has been edited and condensed.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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This technical pivot would allow nations to squeeze every profitable drop from their own land with surgical precision, bypassing the geopolitical chaos of distant chokepoints and securing a future defined by Decentralized Techno-Resource Sovereignty.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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When residents are this squeezed, City Hall’s predictable response has been to charge us more.—
Bradley Schnell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The move came as Iranian officials named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new religious and political authority, consolidating control over the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and other hardline groups.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
9 Mar. 2026
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The company that makes reliable rockets first, and at a large scale, like SpaceX, wins contracts and consolidates its market share.—
Svetla Ben-Itzhak,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Capsulize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsulize. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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