It takes a bit of deciphering to understand, but once you’ve got the hang of it, you can get the gist of a specific location’s weather in just a few minutes.
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Somehow, ART had learned “the gist” to the secret of biofuel manufacturing.
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One niece of a victim wrote her a letter, the gist of which was, “Lois Robison, shut up,” she said.
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But, in short, the gist of this argument is: Afghanistan's a loser.
These words sum up the gist of his international aims during the three following years.
Woodrow Wilson and the World War|Charles Seymour
I had entirely forgotten the gist of our conversation before I left him; he had been thinking of nothing else.
Witching Hill|E. W. Hornung
The gist of the Minority Report so far, at any rate, as the non-able-bodied are concerned may be put even more shortly.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb
As to the gist of the letter itself, it was some time before he understood it.
The Vicar of Bullhampton|Anthony Trollope
Those are not the words of her mind—only the gist of her thought.
It Never Can Happen Again|William De Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for gist
gist
/ (dʒɪst) /
noun
the point or substance of an argument, speech, etc
lawthe essential point of an action
Word Origin for gist
C18: from Anglo-French, as in cest action gist en this action consists in, literally: lies in, from Old French gésir to lie, from Latin jacēre, from jacere to throw