as in summarizing
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 encapsulating
The Palestinian library and the Yeshiva stood side-by-side for decades, as if encapsulating the last hundred years of their history, all under the looming shadow of the Temple Mount.
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Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Sound is also an important element in the film, encapsulating creation myths about sound and vibration being the source of all matter, ideas which are also present in string theory and quantum mechanics.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2025
Crews in the north will work on encapsulating the spot fires north of McKinley Grove Rd and preparing the Snow Corral Road as a containment line using a combination of hand crews and machine clearing.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
That scene has a gorgeous echo in the closing moments, playfully encapsulating something for which Mariano has been searching.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
The study defined reading as also encapsulating formats like magazines, e-books, print and electronic newspapers and audiobooks.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Sound is also an important element in the film, encapsulating creation myths about sound and vibration being the source of all matter, ideas which are also present in string theory and quantum mechanics.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2025
Crews in the north will work on encapsulating the spot fires north of McKinley Grove Rd and preparing the Snow Corral Road as a containment line using a combination of hand crews and machine clearing.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
That scene has a gorgeous echo in the closing moments, playfully encapsulating something for which Mariano has been searching.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
The study defined reading as also encapsulating formats like magazines, e-books, print and electronic newspapers and audiobooks.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encapsulating
Verb
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Baseball beauty and a maddening soap opera not even worth an attempt at summarizing.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Kolondra said that Opera’s Neon only processes data when users ask it to, like when summarizing a page, and all requests are end-to-end encrypted.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The document outlining the proposal was obtained by multiple outlets.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Namely, the show played a brief montage outlining the history between Behar, Plaza, and the ghosts that The View host has allegedly slept with.—
James Factora,
Them.,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Encapsulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encapsulating. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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