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recapitulation

[ree-kuh-pich-uh-lay-shuhn] / ˌri kəˌpɪtʃ əˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
summary that repeats
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"In many ways, this is going to be a recapitulation of Trump's visit to Beijing back in May, where the focus was really on the ostensible rapport between the two leaders."

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

Schaffer: Once we knew we were going to do this recapitulation of the “Seinfeld” finale, the question was how far do we take it?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

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

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

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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