synopsis
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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
It shows how the couple faced "a monumental battle, both on a professional and personal level" to defy his health problems to move home and to stage the final gig, the official synopsis said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
The Educational scheme or Course established by Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt may be resolved into the following synopsis.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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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
Lear asked TV Guide and other publications not to include “abortion” in their pre-show synopses.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
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
Perhaps it was the true-confessions tone of her synopses that put me off.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2021
By far the greater number of the monographs and synopses mentioned in the preceding pages have been published in scientific periodicals and in the proceedings or transactions of scientific societies.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
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