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Recent Examples of recapitulation Here, Hondo begins a large-scale recapitulation, in a handful of scenes, of the grimly infuriating history of French colonialism from the seventeenth century to the twentieth, and of a reliance on slave labor that lasted in the Caribbean colonies until the mid-nineteenth century. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024 The life cycle of the frog resembles a recapitulation of fish becoming amphibians, over eons. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023 Because such change is universal in the natural world, and because photography is now 180 years old, recapitulation of historical photographs has gained traction in many fields. Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2019 Former intelligence officials who served Democratic administrations in the past were even less reserved in their assessment of the threat posed by the recapitulation of the Taliban’s regime. The Editors, National Review, 25 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for recapitulation
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Noun
  • The firm can, however, use it to extract relevant points from contracts, create summaries of relevant prior case law, and flag up risks.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • The Massachusetts Family Institute highlighted in a summary of a legislative hearing held earlier this month that 59 of 70 people had testified in opposition to the bills that look to increase vaccination requirements and reporting standards.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • The president did not detail specific asks or outline how negotiations could proceed following the U.S. strikes.
    Jesse Byrnes, The Hill, 22 June 2025
  • The Athletic reported in March that Silver would pitch the NBA Board of Governors with the outline of a plan to launch a new pro basketball league in Europe within the next couple of years.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 20 June 2025

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“Recapitulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recapitulation. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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