as in summary
a short statement of the main points
after a recap of this morning's meeting, we can discuss the issues that were raised
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as in to summarize
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
please recap the highlights of the game for me
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Recent Examples of recap
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
LeBron James, power forward for the Lakers, was out that night due to a sore left ankle and foot, according to a game recap.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
Plus, David Seifert of D1Baseball recaps his visit to Fayetteville to watch Arkansas defeat Dallas Baptist in an exhibition game at Baum-Walker Stadium.
—Christina Long, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2025
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Noun
This recap originally misidentified the actress playing Marie.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
LeBron James, power forward for the Lakers, was out that night due to a sore left ankle and foot, according to a game recap.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Young said it all when recapping that first touchdown connection between the two of them.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
Plus, David Seifert of D1Baseball recaps his visit to Fayetteville to watch Arkansas defeat Dallas Baptist in an exhibition game at Baum-Walker Stadium.
—Christina Long, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2025
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Chegg also sued Google in February, arguing that AI summaries of search results have hurt its traffic and sales.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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Provide a narrative that summarizes any changes in revenue, expense reductions and board notices to monitor current financial status in the district.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Google search results have AI summaries at the top, the Gemini digital assistant can summarize web pages and answer questions in Chrome.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Recap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recap. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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