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summarize

[suhm-uh-rahyz] / ˈsʌm əˌraɪz /


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In a statement, the estate said that it chose to support “Tony” because it is “not a standard biopic and doesn’t attempt to summarize a life.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The company said the suite of tools can give any agent —an AI which can work autonomously— the ability to synthesize and summarize scientific knowledge, evaluate results, and then reason and execute the next actions.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Employees use it to summarize meetings, draft emails and generate first cuts of presentations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

A captivating obituary doesn’t just summarize one’s life.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

Reading 2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

For client-facing roles, that comes in the form of the Client Intelligence Platform, a system that summarizes data from a variety of client touchpoints and helps managers prepare for meetings and interactions.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

Savouri summarizes the problem as “analogue economics in a digital monetary world.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 15, 2026

"This means that the magma that is now present in the magma reservoir under the lava dome is likely newly injected magma," summarizes Seama.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

The break room summarizes the whole situation: there is none, because there are no breaks at Jerry’s.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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

The study identified several major patterns, which are summarized below along with simplified explanations.

From Science Daily Apr. 26, 2026

This week, those values were best summarized by Christina Koch, one of the astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission to orbit the moon.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2026

When you ask AI to summarize something for you, ask yourself: Could I have read this in five minutes and summarized it myself?

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Researchers in different fields have summarized conclusions about the nature of music and culture after many years of observing human behavior and music.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The Fed released a much sparser statement summarizing recent economic developments that avoided any hint on its next move.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

The White House typically releases physician-written memos summarizing presidential physicals, translating full medical records into condensed clinical findings for public release.

From Salon May 31, 2026

In the workplace, agents are most often deployed to complete tasks such as writing code, summarizing text and analyzing data.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

I’m terrible at summarizing films, so I was like, ‘Ma, you do it.’

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

He returned to summarizing the book, emphasizing examples of where Valjean served others.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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