summaries

NOUN

short statement of main points

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analysis essence outline prospectus recap rehash review rundown sketch survey synopsis version

STRONG

abbreviation abridgment abstract brief capitulation case compendium condensation conspectus core digest epitome extract inventory nutshell recapitulation reduction report roundup run-through sense skeleton syllabus

WEAK

aperçu long and short of it pandect precis précis résumé sum and substance summing-up wrap-up

Antonyms

STRONG

enlargement expansion extension increase unabridgement

WEAK

detail dissertation thesis

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summaries

Going into greater detail than earlier reports, Nardello & Co. included summaries of site visits to dozens of shelters and permanent housing projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

NHS medical records can contain highly sensitive personal information, ranging from test results and hospital discharge summaries to details of prescriptions and medications.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Another top feature for me is being able to read my doctor’s after-visit notes both in medical jargon and in easy-to-read summaries with explanatory links to medical terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Among those, they noted a model during training “writing jailbreak-like instructions” into its summaries used to continue a new task in a new context, which OpenAI said they believed to be “extremely rare.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Perhaps among the contents of the Encyclopaedia Galactica will be a set of summaries of such civilizations, the information enigmatic, tantalizing, evocative—even after we succeed in translating it.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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