as in to summarize
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 encapsulate
Young forward Gui Santos offered an explanation that encapsulated why Kerr’s connection with the players remains strong.
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Nick Friedell, New York Times, 14 May 2026
The national debt might encapsulate all those universal concerns into a single issue, its repercussions broad and wide-ranging enough that Americans can cast a number of kitchen table concerns onto it.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 May 2026
In many ways, in fact, Episode 308 encapsulated our original reasons for writing The Gilded Age.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 May 2026
The image is both comic and oddly fitting, encapsulating the strange coexistence of weight and surface that runs through both Spark’s fiction and Schiaparelli’s design.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
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Nick Friedell, New York Times, 14 May 2026
The national debt might encapsulate all those universal concerns into a single issue, its repercussions broad and wide-ranging enough that Americans can cast a number of kitchen table concerns onto it.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 May 2026
In many ways, in fact, Episode 308 encapsulated our original reasons for writing The Gilded Age.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 May 2026
The image is both comic and oddly fitting, encapsulating the strange coexistence of weight and surface that runs through both Spark’s fiction and Schiaparelli’s design.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encapsulate
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Notion reached $500 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, and growth has accelerated every month since May when the company introduced AI agents to search through files or summarize meetings.—
Ellen Sheng,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Researchers used the Amazon reviews of a handful of electronic products, which were then summarized by several large language models (LLMs), including those based on Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.—
Roy Stephen Canivel,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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Asked about those concerns, Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, said the legislation is needed, adding the bill outlines helpful and harmful AI applications simultaneously.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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On April 14, the federal government outlined plans to boost pay by 25% for government firefighters who work on prescribed burns.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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“Encapsulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encapsulate. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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