precis
Example Sentences
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A neat precis of Pakistan's World Cup campaign, overall.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
A recurring line from “First Reformed” feels like a precis for all of these: Will God forgive us?
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2024
"The performances are accomplished. Norton gives us a soul broken into fragments. The play, inevitably can only deliver a precis of a book that sprawls over some 700 pages."
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
Of course, an enjoyable but slightly uneven patchwork could be an apt description of life itself, not just a precis of Christopher Buckley’s civilized, light entertainment.
From Washington Post • May 1, 2018
With this brittle precis of her obligations he left the table and went toward the bedroom.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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