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Example sentences for: gist

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Again, hardly a brilliant observation on my part, but then again, how smart do you really need to be to get the general gist of this sort of thing?
(See Slate's "Gist" on Mossad for more about the group that botched the assassination.)
(For a backgrounder on Zaire, see Slate's "The Gist."
"The Gist: Zaire," posted Saturday, March 22, now in "The Compost," inaccurately identified Paul Kagamé as president of Rwanda.
Helms' gist was that Congress has the right to dictate conditions that must be fulfilled by the organization before it receives U.S. dues.