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encapsulate

[en-kap-suh-leyt, -syoo-] / ɛnˈkæp səˌleɪt, -sjʊ- /




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Below are five bits that encapsulate his run as one of late-night’s most self-deprecating hosts.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Either in the colours of Manchester United or Northern Ireland, the highlights of his career encapsulate why many who saw him still argue he was the best player ever.

From BBC May 19, 2026

Micron and Sandisk, plus Western Digital and Seagate, perfectly encapsulate momentum.

From Barron's Apr. 2, 2026

"We believe that this method can be used to encapsulate various aqueous extracts," said Piskunov.

From Science Daily Jan. 17, 2026

One crude way I’ve chosen to encapsulate them in the past is as follows.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

In Dongguan, the life of Henry Wang encapsulates China’s rise.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

So yeah, the title I think encapsulates how we’re trying to explore these different genres and all the different narrative threads in the show.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

In that way, the pool encapsulates this much bigger, more abstract issue in something readers can easily envision.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2026

One pattern encapsulates the monotony of prison life, while another represents the rooftops she could see on her twice daily 10-minute walks while inside.

From BBC May 30, 2026

Its outer walls are made entirely of rounded glass, but a circular tube of dark metal encapsulates the glass walls.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

That sentence perfectly encapsulated Freedom to Marry’s “road map to victory” strategy, which had aimed at changing hearts and minds in order to deliver the change in law and politics needed.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

Isabella Wanningen, 22, a computer science student who worked on the energy functions of the car, said the vehicle's name encapsulated the team's hopes for the impact.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

A few years ago, she heard a term that perfectly encapsulated the persistent chatter in her brain: food noise.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The match encapsulated both the present and the future of the Mexican team.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

Pacific Island history is encapsulated for me in an incident that happened when three Indonesian friends and I walked into a store in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesian New Guinea.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Enjoy 1979 Wimbledon semi-finalist Tracy Austin encapsulating "the sense of history" that comes with playing on Centre Court as part of the last four at SW19.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

The video went viral, encapsulating the prevalent mood of indignation about official nonaction.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Tesla, a notoriously volatile stock, has moved an average of about 6% up or down the week encapsulating the prior four quarterly reports, in line with history.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

To overcome this, the Atukorale Lab has engineered a lipid nanoparticle-based "super adjuvant" capable of stably encapsulating and co-delivering two distinct immune adjuvants that activate immunity in a coordinated, synergistic way.

From Science Daily Oct. 13, 2025

One argument, "Don't programmers deserve a reward for their creativity," earned a response encapsulating Stallman's anger over the recent Gosling Emacs episode: "If anything deserves a reward, it is social contribution," Stallman wrote.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams




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