precis
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Props, scripts, costumes and even a replica of the trailer from 1972’s “Pink Flamingos” serve as an immersive, chronological précis of Waters’s cinematic work.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2023
Un autre invader, le poing levé, domine le lieu précis d’où sont parties les manifestations d’étudiants de la Sorbonne en 1968.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
It made you précis in a really creative way.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2020
A zippy 1967 film by Jacques Tati, “Playtime,” has a scene that serves as a clean précis for “Figure It Out’s” credo.
From Washington Post • May 11, 2020
A brief précis of ‘cases’ may show how these elements of noise, on one side, and apparitions, on the other, are commonly blended.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
Vocabulary lists containing precis
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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Vocabulary from the Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, Volume I
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