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
Judging from the near-universal backlash to Timothée Chalamet’s recent bad-mouthing of ballet, Eden’s summation of the central tenet of their show may be true.
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Scot Paltrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
For an artist who has spent a lifetime collapsing the distance between art and life, this director’s cut is both summation and fresh invocation.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
The text of the article is a reasonable summation of her career, beginning with the present (Wifey is a smash, in its third printing, paperback rights sold for $350,000) and looking back at her beginnings (the NYU writing class, early rejection letters).
—Mark Oppenheimer, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
Dearing, in his final summation, said the Hobart City Council rushed their vote approving the data center ERA designation.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
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Scot Paltrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
For an artist who has spent a lifetime collapsing the distance between art and life, this director’s cut is both summation and fresh invocation.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
The text of the article is a reasonable summation of her career, beginning with the present (Wifey is a smash, in its third printing, paperback rights sold for $350,000) and looking back at her beginnings (the NYU writing class, early rejection letters).
—Mark Oppenheimer, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
Dearing, in his final summation, said the Hobart City Council rushed their vote approving the data center ERA designation.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summation
Noun
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Ratner and the First Lady have all defended the steep cost of the film, which cost $40 million to make and another $35 million to market – outlandish sums for a documentary.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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Traditional preparations — Korean kimchi, Japanese miso, Eastern European sauerkraut, Central Asian kefir — have been refined over centuries to preserve the microbial communities that make these foods more than the sum of their ingredients.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
Noun
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The layout offers up a total of six bedrooms, six bathrooms, and three half baths.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
19 May 2026
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This collection, the first celebrity collab for Lee, brings men's and women's clothing, fun bag charms, patchwork denim bags and even adorable pet shirts and bandanas -- over 100 items in total -- to shoppers for accessible prices ranging from $6 to $42.—
Kelsey Legg,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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The path of totality crosses parts of the Westfjords, Snæfellsnes peninsula and Reykjanes peninsula, while Reykjavik itself will also experience totality.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Luxury expedition yacht Aqua Lares will cruise along the path of totality, deep into East Greenland to the Scoresby Sund.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
15 May 2026
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So much that was hidden now completes the whole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
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“Summation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summation. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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