recapitulated

past tense of recapitulate
as in summarized
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report) the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting

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Recent Examples of recapitulated Literacy changed human consciousness, a transformation that is recapitulated with each child who learns to read and write. Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 There is a main theme , recapitulated, echoed , enhanced by its variations, many movements, intrigue, in the melodies. Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
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  • For musical theater historians, this shift could be summarized as a handoff from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim, whose postmodern cynicism and fractured narratives better match the tenor of the times.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 July 2026
  • One guest summarized what went wrong with what was supposed to be the wedding of the year.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
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  • The funding was announced during a virtual meeting on clean cooking in Africa convened by IEA and Kenya, where leaders reviewed progress made since the last summit and outlined priorities ahead of the next gathering later this year.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • While the stocks outlined in Tuesday's note were broadly European firms, the authors stressed that the HALO trade was an international trend.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 8 July 2026

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“Recapitulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recapitulated. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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