precis

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He segued into a précis of his political life, starting when he was a 29-year-old senator.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2024

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

But a perusal of its précis and circumstances was apt to provoke a “hope for the best, expect the worst” feeling.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2020

It made you précis in a really creative way.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2020

These précis were all numbered and entered in reference-books, and by an ingenious system of cross-numbering he was able to trace a whole correspondence, which might extend through several volumes.

From The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) by Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson