as in sum
a complete amount of something
the summation of climatic conditions that affect plant growth
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Recent Examples of summation
The defense spent four hours the next day presenting their summation, followed by the prosecution rebuttal.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 July 2025
In her nearly five-hour summation Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik struck a much more serious tone.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
Due to the change in schedule, Judge Arun Subramanian is expected to hold a charging conference Wednesday (June 25) followed by summations on Thursday (June 26).
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 23 June 2025
Given the revised schedule, the judge will hold a charging conference Wednesday followed by summations on Thursday.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 June 2025
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 July 2025
In her nearly five-hour summation Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik struck a much more serious tone.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
Due to the change in schedule, Judge Arun Subramanian is expected to hold a charging conference Wednesday (June 25) followed by summations on Thursday (June 26).
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 23 June 2025
Given the revised schedule, the judge will hold a charging conference Wednesday followed by summations on Thursday.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summation
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Users spend immense sums on digital items, using Roblox’s proprietary currency, Robux.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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KPop Demon Hunters’ streaming sum of 109.53 million clicks is the biggest for a soundtrack since Encanto was in its seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (March 5, 2022; with 114.67 million).—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
23 July 2025
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After years of outreach and investment in contracts with cell phone providers, officials have built a database of roughly 1.6 million numbers, covering about 75% of the capital-area population in total.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Florida in particular reported half the cases with 14 in total.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Be at sea level on the eastern side for 4 minutes, 32 seconds of totality.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
19 July 2025
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Duration of totality: longest near/in Luxor, Egypt — the longest total eclipse on land between 2009 and 2114.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Women, on the whole, still earn 82 cents on the dollar (a gap that widens for women of color) here in the United States.—
Randi Braun,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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That Lewis and Lamb Chop (and Hush Puppy and Charlie Horse) were part of one, greater whole is a given.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
17 July 2025
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“Summation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summation. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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