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

“We can’t take care of others if we can’t take care of our own,” one protester said, offering a concise precis of what would soon be called Trumpism.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 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

Props, scripts, costumes and even a replica of the trailer from 1972’s “Pink Flamingos” serve as an immersive, chronological précis of Waters’s cinematic work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2023

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

“Indivisible” was a bullet-pointed précis of the tactics the document’s authors had seen work against them — a guide to getting to “No.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2017

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