as in summary
a short statement of the main points
didn't have time to read the full news article, just the encapsulation on the second page
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Recent Examples of encapsulation
The stunning Louvre museum heist earlier this week in Paris offers an uncanny encapsulation of the broader society-wide phenomenon.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
In perhaps a perfect encapsulation of the Rangers’ current woes, Mika Zibanejad put himself in position to score an overtime winner and prepared to shoot, only for the puck to slide off his stick.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Those 30 seconds were the perfect encapsulation of Kuminga’s night.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Saturday’s game was the perfect encapsulation of why that’s been the case thus far.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
The image of your mother being too sleepy to enjoy the spoils of her own hard work—or to even be fully present as her children enjoyed those spoils—struck me as such a succinct encapsulation of her sacrifice and her heroism, as well as their drawbacks.
—G'ra Asim
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
These standards encompass digital signatures for authentication and key-encapsulation mechanisms for secure communication channels.
—Antonio Sanchez, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
In perhaps a perfect encapsulation of the Rangers’ current woes, Mika Zibanejad put himself in position to score an overtime winner and prepared to shoot, only for the puck to slide off his stick.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Those 30 seconds were the perfect encapsulation of Kuminga’s night.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Saturday’s game was the perfect encapsulation of why that’s been the case thus far.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
The image of your mother being too sleepy to enjoy the spoils of her own hard work—or to even be fully present as her children enjoyed those spoils—struck me as such a succinct encapsulation of her sacrifice and her heroism, as well as their drawbacks.
—G'ra Asim
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
These standards encompass digital signatures for authentication and key-encapsulation mechanisms for secure communication channels.
—Antonio Sanchez, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encapsulation
Noun
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Users will be able to access their Wrapped summary through a pop-up in the Spotify app once it is released.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The nebula's haunting outline t is carved from swirling clouds of gas and dust inside a vast stellar nursery.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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His process involved mapping the sun’s path, calculating angles, sketching outlines, and planning how light would travel across the surface, before burning the image onto a piece of untreated wood.—
TIME PR,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Encapsulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encapsulation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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