recapitulate
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Synonyms for recapitulate
Synonyms
abstract, boil down, brief, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, outline, recap, reprise, sum up, summarize, synopsize, wrap up
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The authors of the new paper, a team led by Sarah Miller of the University of Michiganâs business school, recapitulate the sorry history of Medicaid expansion. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, "Column: New data show that failing to expand Medicaid has led to 16,000 unnecessary deaths," 22 July 2019 But longevity allowed him a career in almost perfect sonata form, with a final period that recapitulated some of the joy of the first without ever trying to evade what had come between. — Douglas Murray, National Review, "Michael Tippettâs âTimeless Music in Timeâ," 11 July 2019 The comic version is much more red and gold, recapitulating Iron Man's colorways, but both served as visual and narrative reminders of ties between the two characters. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "Spider-Man Is Back ... But Why All Dressed in Black?," 3 July 2019 Those organisms can regrow entire limbs â bone, muscle, cartilage and all â by recapitulating a developmental program from a bud-like structure that forms on the injury site. — Quanta Magazine, "To Heal Some Wounds, Adult Cells Turn More Fetal," 29 Aug. 2018 In the outer layer, many of the behaviors ended up recapitulating strategies used by human players. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Quake III Arena is the latest game to see AI top humans," 30 May 2019 Their ability to recapitulate the ancient spidersâ innovation got JapyassĂș, a biologist at the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil, thinking. — Quanta Magazine, "The Thoughts of a Spiderweb," 23 May 2017 But, recapitulating his problem from four years ago, the lack of enthusiasm for a Biden presidency from Obamaâs inner circle is palpable. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "The comically large 2020 Democratic field, explained," 17 Dec. 2018 Simulated fishing This new analysis recapitulated previous findings from 1992: older, larger cod were found in deeper, cooler waters. — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, "Ecological âlawâ turns out to just be the result of us fishing," 8 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'recapitulate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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