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summation

[suh-mey-shuhn] / səˈmeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
summary
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Antonyms
STRONG


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Salon’s executive editor Andrew O’Hehir quotes producer Tomoyuki Tanaka’s summation in his ode to the original movie: “Mankind had created the Bomb,” Tanaka said, “and now nature was going to take revenge on mankind.”

From Salon Mar. 20, 2026

With all that said, a bonfire composed of burning laptops is a good summation of 2026’s current flavor of anxiety.

From Slate Feb. 8, 2026

“We’ve been through many restructurings, and a lot of hard work. GM left. We decided to stay,” said Farley in summation of the company’s recent history in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

But in the 1,028 words that she and CEO Satya Nadella devoted to the answer, the best summation would be that they don’t really have much choice.

From Barron's Oct. 30, 2025

I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers—where you just repeat what you’ve already said with phrases like In summation, and To conclude.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




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