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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

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2017

Here is a capsulized look at each team in the AFC West in predicted order of finish:

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2017

The moment capsulized one family’s self-guided journey through loss.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2013

“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

The next phase: improving its members' technical competence through a capsulized postgraduate course.

From Time Magazine Archive

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