recapitulation
Example Sentences
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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
That first half-hour of testimony was sort of a microcosmic recapitulation of Palin’s 2008 debut on the national stage.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2022
So in a way it's a recapitulation of previous work, but enriched by ideas that are very recent.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2021
The rhythmic sounds might be the recapitulation of something else—an earliest memory, a score for the transformation of inanimate, random matter in chaos into the improbable, ordered dance of living forms.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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