as in summary
a short statement of the main points
I don't need to know every little plot twist; just give me a synopsis of the movie
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Recent Examples of synopsis
Regardless of how much opportunity is available to the Frenchman in next year’s NBA season — and there may be little — the Summer League synopsis of his game had to leave onlookers encouraged about what’s to come.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025
The season two synopsis for The Buccaneers reads: In the first season of The Buccaneers, a group of fun-loving young American girls exploded into the tightly corseted London of the 1870s...setting hearts racing and kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
No other details about the film have been revealed, including a plot synopsis or who else is set to appear in the cast alongside Burr.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2025
The premiere of Alien: Earth is just weeks away, and FX/Hulu dropped one last trailer to pique our interest, along with a much more detailed synopsis.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2025
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025
The season two synopsis for The Buccaneers reads: In the first season of The Buccaneers, a group of fun-loving young American girls exploded into the tightly corseted London of the 1870s...setting hearts racing and kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
No other details about the film have been revealed, including a plot synopsis or who else is set to appear in the cast alongside Burr.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2025
The premiere of Alien: Earth is just weeks away, and FX/Hulu dropped one last trailer to pique our interest, along with a much more detailed synopsis.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synopsis
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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The platform is currently testing Reddit Answers, a feature that works like an AI chatbot but curates summaries exclusively from Reddit threads.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
1 Aug. 2025
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