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summarize

[suhm-uh-rahyz] / ˈsʌm əˌraɪz /


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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

It powers our appliances and gives us light on demand, but we can’t start a romance with it or ask it to summarize a book.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

Just in case you’ve been living in a cave for the last fifty years, though, I’ll summarize.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

Edmans summarizes the field of behavioral finance research with a refreshingly light touch.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

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

Another file summarizes statements from seven federal government employees who separately reported "several unidentified anomalous phenomena" in the United States in 2023.

From Barron's May 8, 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

As Table 7.1 summarizes, the domestication of local cereal / pulse combinations launched food production in many areas.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Gen. Rob Bonta’s office summarized a strict new voter ID measure on November ballots — ruling that the summary language accurately describes the measure’s effects were it to pass.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 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

The study identified several major patterns, which are summarized below along with simplified explanations.

From Science Daily Apr. 26, 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio summarized the state of the negotiations by saying that the checklist of “open items” had been substantially diminished.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

“So,” Kennedy summarized, “it still comes down to a question of whether they’re going to fire the missiles.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

They often tune them to excel at narrow tasks, like summarizing documents or answering customer questions on company-specific topics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

“My AI is in the room during Zoom calls with clients. It’s taking notes, summarizing the meeting and writing follow-up emails.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 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

In the workplace, agents are most often deployed to complete tasks such as writing code, summarizing text and analyzing data.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

In division, you start by summarizing the salient points of agreement, then set out the points that are at issue.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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