precis

A neat precis of Pakistan's World Cup campaign, overall.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

"The performances are accomplished. Norton gives us a soul broken into fragments. The play, inevitably can only deliver a precis of a book that sprawls over some 700 pages."

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023

In character as Bobby, the museum’s chief curator, Eichner gave a brief precis of Hirschfeld’s career, finishing with an ad-lib, “Tragically, he’s also my type.”

From New York Times ● May 18, 2022

That’s a spot-on precis of the fringe rollercoaster, and it gives a vivid flavour of Cohen’s show The Twist… ?

From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2019

With this brittle precis of her obligations he left the table and went toward the bedroom.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

As a précis to a larger, more scholarly work, it lacks the depth and historical context that many enthusiasts of classical drama may be hungry for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

A précis of Elmer’s early life in Maine is run through by members of the eight-person cast in the bouncy, no-nonsense manner of a graphic novel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025

He segued into a précis of his political life, starting when he was a 29-year-old senator.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024

A zippy 1967 film by Jacques Tati, “Playtime,” has a scene that serves as a clean précis for “Figure It Out’s” credo.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2020

They were odd scraps—now of letters, now of legal documents—the précis of a past which could be recited in no court of justice, but might well be told aloud to an unsympathetic world.

From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Sir Max Pemberton