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

And elements of her concerto subtly inform his Fourth Symphony — in its through-composition and fantasia form, in its Romanze second movement and in a first one characterized by its abandonment of the traditional recapitulation.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

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

In biology there is a principle of powerful if imperfect applicability called recapitulation: in our individual embryonic development we retrace the evolutionary history of the species.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan