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 look of elation that creeps over his face is a perfect encapsulation of everything that long-suffering Knicks fans were feeling when the ad aired.
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Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
The spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside its rocket at one of NASA's launch facilities.
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Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
Capsum is known for its innovations in microfluidics and encapsulation — which are both new ways to assemble beauty formulas.
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Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Wheeler’s words serve as a pithy encapsulation of general relativity, Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity.
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Quanta Magazine,
3 June 2026
Posiva has already completed major commissioning activities, including demonstrations of its fuel encapsulation plant and extensive operational testing using non-radioactive dummy fuel assemblies.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
That loss in Game 6 was a great encapsulation of what went right and wrong during Mosley’s five years in Orlando.
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William Guillory,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Existing commercial solar panels are also physically bulky systems consisting not just of photovoltaic materials but also of thick protective glass, encapsulation layers, metallic contacts, mounting hardware, and structural framing.
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New Atlas,
26 May 2026
There’s something vile, yet attractive about the film, an encapsulation of the fact that people and the internet are downright weird.
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Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
The spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside its rocket at one of NASA's launch facilities.
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Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
Capsum is known for its innovations in microfluidics and encapsulation — which are both new ways to assemble beauty formulas.
—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Wheeler’s words serve as a pithy encapsulation of general relativity, Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity.
—
Quanta Magazine,
3 June 2026
Posiva has already completed major commissioning activities, including demonstrations of its fuel encapsulation plant and extensive operational testing using non-radioactive dummy fuel assemblies.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
That loss in Game 6 was a great encapsulation of what went right and wrong during Mosley’s five years in Orlando.
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William Guillory,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Existing commercial solar panels are also physically bulky systems consisting not just of photovoltaic materials but also of thick protective glass, encapsulation layers, metallic contacts, mounting hardware, and structural framing.
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New Atlas,
26 May 2026
There’s something vile, yet attractive about the film, an encapsulation of the fact that people and the internet are downright weird.
—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encapsulation
Noun
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Although the court livestreams the audio of oral arguments, that’s not the case for the summaries the justices give of their opinions.
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The three liberal justices dissented as to the Equal Protection Clause, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor read a summary of her dissent from the bench.
Noun
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He is credited as the first and most significant contributor to South Florida archaeology of the time, classifying materials, recording 49 sites across Miami-Dade and making the first outline of a chronology of indigenous habitation.
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The images featured the model and entrepreneur in a sheer white blouse, and several of the photos revealed the outline of her right nipple.
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“Encapsulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encapsulation. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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