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encapsulate

[en-kap-suh-layt, -syoo-] / ɛnˈkæp səˌleɪt, -sjʊ- /




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Below are five bits that encapsulate his run as one of late-night’s most self-deprecating hosts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Either in the colours of Manchester United or Northern Ireland, the highlights of his career encapsulate why many who saw him still argue he was the best player ever.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Micron and Sandisk, plus Western Digital and Seagate, perfectly encapsulate momentum.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

Because there were so many novels, the first of which published in 1990, Sarnoff wanted to find a way to encapsulate the 1990s timelines from the early books alongside the more contemporary ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

One crude way I’ve chosen to encapsulate them in the past is as follows.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

The round trip since last October encapsulates how Microsoft first fell out of fashion on Wall Street in the face of concerns about its cloud growth and the durability of its software business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Space control encapsulates the mission areas required to contest and control the space domain -- employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities," the statement said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

“That’s what we’ve been searching for for quite some time. And today, I thought the at-bat that really kind of encapsulates who we are is the Muncy at-bat.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

In Dongguan, the life of Henry Wang encapsulates China’s rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Its outer walls are made entirely of rounded glass, but a circular tube of dark metal encapsulates the glass walls.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

At the same time, antibody responses to encapsulated bacteria gradually decreased as diagnosis approached.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Even with all the fanfare, the man giving out raffle tickets at the front entrance encapsulated it perfectly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

That sentence perfectly encapsulated Freedom to Marry’s “road map to victory” strategy, which had aimed at changing hearts and minds in order to deliver the change in law and politics needed.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

A few years ago, she heard a term that perfectly encapsulated the persistent chatter in her brain: food noise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The whole of the Scientific Revolution is encapsulated in Galileo’s little treatise on floating bodies.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Tesla, a notoriously volatile stock, has moved an average of about 6% up or down the week encapsulating the prior four quarterly reports, in line with history.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

Erica Moore, a Doctor Who fan who spent many years in Cardiff but now lives in Boston, USA, said there were other characters and relationships which stood out as encapsulating the show's widespread appeal.

From BBC ● May 31, 2025

Owner Bill Wyatt has designed a few shirts playing on themes of a burning heart encapsulating the word “L.A.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025

The lyrics push away love and its entanglements, encapsulating this detachment by rejecting emotional bonds that can often seem limiting or burdensome.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024

One argument, "Don't programmers deserve a reward for their creativity," earned a response encapsulating Stallman's anger over the recent Gosling Emacs episode: "If anything deserves a reward, it is social contribution," Stallman wrote.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams


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