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capsulize

American  
[kap-suh-lahyz, -syoo-] / ˈkæp səˌlaɪz, -sjʊ- /
especially British, capsulise

verb (used with object)

capsulized, capsulizing
  1. to summarize or make very concise; capsule.


capsulize British  
/ ˈkæpsjʊˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to state (information) in a highly condensed form

  2. to enclose in a capsule

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of capsulize

First recorded in 1945–50; capsule + -ize


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Newsom’s administration came up with a shorthand acronym to capsulize key elements of its new approach: SMARTER.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

The press has to capsulize things that people can absorb.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those sessions are capsulized in “Notes to John,” journal-like entries that were addressed to Didion’s husband, who was mostly absent from the appointments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025

Here is a capsulized look at each team in the NFC East in predicted order of finish:

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2017

He is 57 under in the first round and nine over in the second, his struggles capsulized by the 14-stroke difference between his opening 64 and his second round at the Memorial Tournament in May.

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2014

“The real margins now are in capsulized coffee,” Mr. Gaillard said, “where you basically sell five grams of coffee for five times the price of what you’d get from regular roasted ground.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2010

But real life is not played out in such minidramas, and the real choices the President and Congress face are not framed in such neat, capsulized ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

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