recapping

verb

present participle of recap
as in summarizing
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 recapping And yet … Things were simpler in 1987, when Chris Berman and Tom Jackson hosted the debut episode of NFL Primetime, recapping the day’s action on Sunday evening for ESPN. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Fabric Scraps • Many thanks to Rafaela Bassili for recapping last week! — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 After analyzing and recapping episodes of Boy Meets World on their podcast, Pod Meets World, Strong and costars Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle began recapping the 2014 spinoff, Girl Meets World. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026 Strong, Fishel, and Friedle now host Pod Meets World, which just finished recapping Boy Meets World and will start recapping Girl Meets World next week. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026 Rice quit and went full-time into podcasting, eventually signing with the podcast network Cloud10 and monetizing Murderish, covering developments in the Gilgo Beach serial-killer case and recapping the Domino’s Pizza Murders of the Eighties. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 The system is easy to use when recapping bottles, and the only ongoing maintenance costs are the CO2 capsules, with a six-pack costing just under $50, and each cartridge good for up to seven 750-ml bottles. — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026 Planning a project, recapping a meeting or telling others about company goals can create a sense of achievement before anything has actually been achieved. — James Davis, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Actress Niecy Nash shared a video on Instagram recapping the night. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recapping
  1. summarizing
  2. outlining
Verb
  • Paraphrasing generally restates the original information in different language while retaining the key ideas, whereas summarizing condenses the information into a shorter version.
    — Ethan Stone, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
  • This could include summarizing important meetings, recalling interactions, or automatically adding tasks to your to-do list, since Bee can also connect to your apps, such as email.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of summarizing
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  • Complex tasks can require multiple agents generating thousands of words worth of logs outlining their steps, which could feel like trying to monitor a thousand people talking out loud, Riedl said.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • On Thursday, the Yes on Prop 45 campaign published research outlining a lucrative relationship between law firms that specialize in CEQA lawsuits and labor unions.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlining

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“Recapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recapping. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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