as in to summarize
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
before I agree to read the novel, could you at least synopsize its plot?
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Recent Examples of synopsize
This article could synopsize the plot, as newspaper convention dictates should be done in this space.
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Steven Zeitchik, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
Steven Zeitchik, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
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summarize
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Final thoughts If nothing else, Friday’s roundtable summarized the headwinds college sports are confronting and the various self-interests, egos and competing voices that make solutions so hard to come by.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Amazon Connect Health can generate notes from live conversations between doctors and patients; add billing, symptom and procedure codes; and summarize health data from existing medical records.—
Matt Day,
Bloomberg,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Synopsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synopsize. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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