summarize

Example Sentences

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Scientific statements summarize current knowledge and identify areas for further research.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

“Each time samurai would commit the ritual suicide of seppuku, they would first read the death poem they had prepared in order to summarize their life and make sense of it,” Murakami said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

To summarize: Your father intended to leave money to your children via trusts.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026

The company’s Assist tool taps large-language models to summarize jobsite information and other documents, so project managers can find answers hidden in their data, such as the fire-rating requirements for a specific room or wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

More generally, a modifier can dangle when its implied subject is the writer and the reader, as in To summarize and In order to start the motor in the examples above.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker