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[suhm-uh-rahyz] / ˈsʌm əˌraɪz /


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Forty-eight percent of students in the Fordham survey admitted to using AI to solve math problems, 36% to summarize books, 29% to write first drafts or essays, and 26% for help during quizzes and tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

To summarize, Nelson said: “It is important to let winners run. Common mistakes are to sell winners too soon and keep losers for too long.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Artificial intelligence has proven it can speed up what humans already know how to do: write software, summarize earnings calls and automate routine tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Government workers can use Claude to draft and summarize documents, analyze information and do other tasks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

It will be harder to summarize what sort of life connects the boy to the man.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

"What we saw is that the effect doesn't stem from many-body interactions, but rather from a nontrivial topology of the electronic bands," Larrea summarizes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

Edmans summarizes the field of behavioral finance research with a refreshingly light touch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Yeah, the skit you used of him saying “I’m just a man from the ghetto” on the song really summarizes that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Another file summarizes statements from seven federal government employees who separately reported "several unidentified anomalous phenomena" in the United States in 2023.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

Table 5.1 summarizes, for these and other areas of local domestication, some of the best-known crops and animals and the earliest known dates of domestication.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Perhaps AI researcher Timnit Gebru summarized it best: “Please see what experts in this field are saying about this ‘discovery’ and not these scammers or press stenographers.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

As Patti summarized it, "there is no free lunch" when searching for sugar alternatives, particularly when several metabolic pathways can ultimately lead toward liver dysfunction.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta’s office summarized a strict new voter ID measure on November ballots — ruling that the summary language accurately describes the measure’s effects were it to pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Anything but bonds” would remain the default position of investors, neatly summarized as “can’t buy bonds, can’t sell stocks.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Liddy summarized his view of Ellsberg: “Unstable, self-righteous, egotistical.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

According to Tim Mackey, a professor of global health at the University of California, San Diego, A.I. responses appear to be getting better at summarizing research, weighing credibility, and discerning misinformation.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

The state now has 49 days to address the issues outlined in a report released Thursday summarizing the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

“My AI is in the room during Zoom calls with clients. It’s taking notes, summarizing the meeting and writing follow-up emails.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

A memo summarizing Bard’s probe earlier this year found that Botstein solicited donations from Epstein and visited his island in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Unfortunately, he died in 1461, before he could carry out the task, although he had begun a preliminary book summarizing the edition of the Almagest that was available.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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