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Example sentences for: gist

How can you use “gist” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But in an "outspoken" letter to the German Bishops' Conference, the gist of which was leaked Thursday to Frankfurter Allgemeine , the pope ordered the German church to stop participating in the state consultancy system.
Why, exactly, is Slate publishing a primer on pop music (see Mark Jenkins' "The Gist")?
What's the gist of the conflict?
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?
You get the gist, though.