summarize

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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

This means that consumers can then use that data to summarize their medical history, explain test results and identify patterns in their own health and wellness practices.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Because the company operates in a restricted environment with sensitive data, it built secure agents for internal use that record meetings, summarize activities and track action items.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

To summarize, the laws of science do not distinguish between the forward and backward directions of time.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking