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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

A capsulized look at the top CIF state championship bowl games this weekend:

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 2018

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2017

His woes were capsulized on No. 18 when his chip out of the rough failed to find the green, leading to his sixth bogey of the day.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2012

“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 celebrated English unflappability is capsulized in the answer given in 1940 to a frightened two-year-old who asked about the loud noises he was hearing.

From Time Magazine Archive

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