precis
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A neat precis of Pakistan's World Cup campaign, overall.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
A recurring line from “First Reformed” feels like a precis for all of these: Will God forgive us?
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
"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
It is a colourful rather than accurate precis, but he doesn’t expect to be taken 100% literally.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 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
In return, the software delivered a tightly constructed five-paragraph précis that began as follows:
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
Each one was free to dictate to his secretary his recollections of what had gone on, but as these précis were given from memory they necessarily differed one from the other on various important points.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon
Vocabulary lists containing precis
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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Vocabulary from the Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, Volume I
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