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summarize

[suhm-uh-rahyz] / ˈsʌm əˌraɪz /


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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

With half of 2026 having already flown by, it is time to summarize which stocks have performed best so far this year.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 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

Some U.S. officials said the meeting was moving forward with three days of talks on sensitive topics sprinkled with media engagements to summarize closed-door discussions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

We get to school in time for the last three classes, since there are only ten minutes allotted for teachers to summarize their lessons.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

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

As he summarizes, that’s roughly three times the move for roughly three times the volume of endangered crude.

From MarketWatch Mar. 23, 2026

“This is not a Europe saying No,” summarizes Eoin Drea, senior researcher at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 2026

Employees are also expected to send Dorsey weekly updates, which he then summarizes with AI into general highlights and themes, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 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

That behavior appears to conflict with Newton's third law, the famous action and reaction principle often summarized as "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."

From Science Daily Jun. 16, 2026

Alfonsi’s parting words to the Columbia Journalism Review perfectly summarized the nightmare unfolding at CBS: “The arrogance, cruelty, and incompetence is stunning.”

From Salon Jun. 1, 2026

Those allegations were summarized in a document prepared by the FBI last summer and in an FBI presentation of prominent names in the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases, the DOJ files show.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

The hearings are ostensibly intended to gather information, all of which will be summarized in a white paper being written by researchers at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2026

The 1944 telegram summarized a top-secret scientific paper.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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

The idea is called “lifecording” — that there’s an abundance of hardware devices recording your life, with AI processing, summarizing, searching and finding insights and connections.

From MarketWatch May 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Everyone was settled and the playwright was about to begin her little speech summarizing the plot and evoking the excitement of performing before an adult audience tomorrow evening in the library.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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