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synopsis

[si-nop-sis] / sɪˈnɒp sɪs /


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One might navigate the new season without having watched the first, though at least reading an online synopsis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

But this one-line synopsis also succinctly captures the film’s complexities, humor, darkness and honesty.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

So far, so clear, but even given the program’s three-sentence synopsis, what unfolds around the vain King fails to deliver narrative clarity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

Now, the convicted killer argues that his "torturous and inhumane" detention conditions during his trial made him incapable of making rational decisions when he pleaded guilty, according to a court synopsis of the case.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

Surprisingly, Hank finished off his synopsis with the as-yet-unpublished findings.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

The logline, “A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair” is easily one of the funniest film synopses I’ve ever read in my life.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025

“Megalopolis” isn’t well-served by synopses that call it a “city poem” or yoke its wild ambitions to ancient Rome’s power struggles or municipal intrigue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

Several key central bankers, including Fed Chair Jerome Powell, appear at a variety of events today, ensuring investors have plenty of commentary, and nearly similar synopses.

From Reuters ● May 19, 2023

Below are synopses of a few incidents and their divergent accounts.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2022

Wherever necessary for the continuity of the story, the essence of the excluded portions has been supplied by synopses.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various


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