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summarize

[suhm-uh-rahyz] / ˈsʌm əˌraɪz /


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Employees use it to summarize meetings, draft emails and generate first cuts of presentations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

To summarize, she’s left herself wide open to a challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Contemplating events, the beasts summarize what they’ve learned with such bromides as “To work hard for our friends . . . that is freedom” and “You know what’s always right? Helping each other.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

County judges now have access to an artificial intelligence tool that can help them summarize motions and draft rulings in civil court.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

It will be harder to summarize what sort of life connects the boy to the man.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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