as in summary
a short statement of the main points
I can't read 500 pages by tomorrow, so just give me the roundup
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as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
rounded everyone up for one final training session
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Recent Examples of roundup
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2026
Don't forget to check out our roundup of the best early Prime Day deals for even more savings across laptops, TVs, smart home gear, and everything else currently tempting my wallet.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 15 June 2026
Sarah Kate Ellis, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Measure 4 inches to either side of this point (rounding up or down to find the nearest grooves), to create an 8-inch-wide doorway.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026
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Noun
The Maryland Lottery said a Baltimore scratch-off player and a Cumberland Fast Play player each won $100,000 last week, the largest prizes reported in its weekly roundup.
—The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2026
Don't forget to check out our roundup of the best early Prime Day deals for even more savings across laptops, TVs, smart home gear, and everything else currently tempting my wallet.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 15 June 2026
Verb
To celebrate Pride Month, the president and CEO of GLAAD has rounded up some of her favorite LGBTQ+ books for young readers.
—Sarah Kate Ellis, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Measure 4 inches to either side of this point (rounding up or down to find the nearest grooves), to create an 8-inch-wide doorway.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026
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Chapter 101 of Florida Statutes limits a ballot summary to 75 words.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 June 2026
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Cedric Mullins had two of the five hits for Tampa Bay, which did not collect its first hit off Soriano until Mullins singled leading off the fourth.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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This crowdfunded 2017 documentary is part of that mission, collecting theories and stories from the early-‘60s through the present day that all point toward a government cover-up of the truth about aliens.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
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On this late May evening, the 15 men gathered there were contemplating tackling something few had previously had the courage or skill to take on.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Early yesterday, as Argentina sealed a 3-0 victory over Algeria, hundreds of fans gathered on the courtyard lawn of Beijing’s Argentine Embassy to cheer the team on.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Unable to assemble a senior women’s squad in time, Sudan’s soccer federation entered a younger team to avoid forfeiting its place in the qualifiers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Amazon Leo, previously known as Project Kuiper, is the broadband megaconstellation that Amazon is assembling in low Earth orbit (LEO).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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Although at the end of his life, my dad had managed to accumulate more than enough money to keep him and my mom happy, he was obsessed about money, probably due to his own difficult upbringing and the trauma associated with it.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2026
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The public obviously cannot know every factor that went into the Artemis III crew decision, and to the astronauts themselves, flight assignments are part of their workplace life, like getting grouped together for projects are at our own jobs.—
Margaret Landis,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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Agentic marketing gets grouped with categories that operate very differently.—
Manick Bhan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Then, at the end of the process, the team assessed which agents had amassed the most rewards.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
19 June 2026
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To make matters worse, most of the vaunted sums amassed from the IPO are spoken for.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Messi stuck a boot back, corralled the ball, took a half-turn and fired a laser low and into the corner of the net past Zidane.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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