as in summarized
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
can you encapsulate the speech in about a paragraph?
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Recent Examples of encapsulated
Today’s Chiefs-Raiders rivalry is best encapsulated by the battles KC quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Las Vegas defensive lineman Maxx Crosby have had since 2019.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
The series that really encapsulated the game was that final drive of the half.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent scholarship about the holiday marks a departure from the celebration of settler triumphalism once encapsulated in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1937 proclamation of Columbus Day.
—JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
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.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Versace’s cutout tank tops encapsulated the mood of confidence and modern power dressing.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 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
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
The series that really encapsulated the game was that final drive of the half.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent scholarship about the holiday marks a departure from the celebration of settler triumphalism once encapsulated in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1937 proclamation of Columbus Day.
—JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
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.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Versace’s cutout tank tops encapsulated the mood of confidence and modern power dressing.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encapsulated
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The final minute of the first half pretty much summarized the opening 24 minutes of Wednesday’s tilt between Class 6A powers Lakeville South and Rosemount.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
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Desplat also summarized the essence of the story and the film.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Forest’s financial position is outlined in more detail here, but in short, they are estimated to be on the wrong side of these financial rulings.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Delco said the company has already eliminated more than $20 million costs this quarter, of the $100 million outlined in the plan, and anticipates most of the impact to be seen in 2026.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Encapsulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encapsulated. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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