as in outline
a short statement of the main points
many book reports choose to begin with a summary of the book
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as in concise
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
obviously a one-volume encyclopedia can offer only a very summary account of the American Civil War
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Recent Examples of summary
Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
In her thorough, compelling summary of the 41-day trial, Adams shows how the plaintiffs painstakingly established that school segregation was primarily a result of residential segregation.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 23 Sep. 2024
April 3 — Ukraine discovers Russian atrocities in Bucha
Russia's hasty retreat from Kyiv's suburbs revealed evidence of summary executions, beheadings, torture, rape, and other atrocities.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 14 May 2024
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Noun
On Monday, Chegg sued Google , claiming that the latter’s AI summaries of search results have hurt Chegg’s traffic and revenue.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
In her thorough, compelling summary of the 41-day trial, Adams shows how the plaintiffs painstakingly established that school segregation was primarily a result of residential segregation.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The Virtual Assistant was able to relay what participants said almost perfectly, as well as break things down into summary topics.
—Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 23 Sep. 2024
April 3 — Ukraine discovers Russian atrocities in Bucha
Russia's hasty retreat from Kyiv's suburbs revealed evidence of summary executions, beheadings, torture, rape, and other atrocities.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 14 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summary
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Mohan and adapting screenwriter Nikita Lalwani take the sturdy outline of the film’s predecessor and tweak little details to add a more potent punch.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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By December 2024, the outlines of Rwanda’s larger project were becoming clearer.—
Michela Wrong,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Her offbeat style and charming eccentricity informed the concise lineup in which high and low were intentionally merged.—
WWD,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
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In this comprehensive yet concise history of modern polar exploration, Shubin, a professor of evolutionary biology, mixes urgent scientific findings about glaciers and sea-level rise with prescient geopolitical histories of Arctic territorial disputes.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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In addition to New York, attorneys general from Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin signed on to the brief.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2025
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Even so, Thompson wrote in a legal brief released Tuesday, the defense had still yet to specify where the defendant was at the time of the crime, or identify anyone else who can help confirm his whereabouts.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2025
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Rabelais points out that there are oddities in the world that cannot fit into any classification scheme, more things in our heaven and earth than are dreamt of in either the medieval pretensions of the summa or the ambitious early modern bibliographic machines.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Longreads,
27 Dec. 2024
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The stage was set for the Fourth, whose five movements add up to a summa of Bartók’s art, by turns tenaciously labored, sinuously swirling, nocturnally eerie, pizzicato-punchy, and flat-out wild.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2024
Noun
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The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Angel Soft toilet tissue will be around for the moment after all that food digests.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
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Or in sum, uncivilized peoples of uncivilized spaces.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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These superfans have always commanded a disproportionate sum of influence.—
Bing Chen,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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In the travel industry, for example, vertical AI can manage real-time pricing, personalize customer experiences and optimize inventory management—tasks that require a deep understanding of travel-specific data and consumer behavior.—
Jeff Kim,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Beauty companies have noted a slowdown since the beginning of the second half of 2024, which has continue into the first quarter of 2025, weighed down by the ongoing weakness of the Chinese market, and inventory reductions in the U.S. and in travel retail.—
Jennifer Weil,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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His resume includes five years in Atlanta, a stop in St. Louis in 2015 and seven years in Chicago.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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King’s resume included a slate of more than 50 films over his years at Concordia Studio, Participant, Focus Features and Miramax Films.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Summary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summary. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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