a précis of the book's plot a précis of the bill that the legislature is currently considering

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The English tests included making a 250-word precis of four pages of text, answering questions on extracts from Dickens and Sheridan, and writing an essay on one of the following: Popularity as a test of merit. Hedley Sutton, Quartz India, "What the British Indian police exams looked like a century ago," 19 Aug. 2019

Journalist-historian Jon Meacham offered a more contemplative precis devoid of the inflammatory. vanityfair.com, "Trump’s “Vicious” Tweet Raises New Questions About His Mental State," 30 June 2017

And this has been merely a precis of acts of actual political violence. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "When White People Realize American Politics Are Violent," 16 June 2017

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