recapitulation
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And the judge said the appeal bid did not add to the claim but was a "recapitulation of the case" that had previously been brought.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024
Taking a page from the vacation school example, we should imagine it as a respite from the academic year rather than simply a recapitulation or extension of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023
Approximately two hours later — after the serial-style transformations of the exposition have run their course — this same chord comes back during the recapitulation.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022
That first half-hour of testimony was sort of a microcosmic recapitulation of Palin’s 2008 debut on the national stage.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2022
In biology there is a principle of powerful if imperfect applicability called recapitulation: in our individual embryonic development we retrace the evolutionary history of the species.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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