recapitulation

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Will then lurches into a tut-tutting recapitulation of the French army chief of staff’s public statement that his nation’s people must accept the risk of losing their children to protect France from an unnamed aggressor.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

And the judge said the appeal bid did not add to the claim but was a "recapitulation of the case" that had previously been brought.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024

Taking a page from the vacation school example, we should imagine it as a respite from the academic year rather than simply a recapitulation or extension of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Before the movement’s closing recapitulation of those themes, the players give us a spine-tingling moment.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Afterward there will be some chatter and recapitulation of what went on; nothing though like the action itself and the beat that pumps the heart.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison