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[suhm-uh-ree] / ˈsʌm ə ri /




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You could also file a small‑estate affidavit or summary probate, which is often less expensive and faster than the full probate process.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Her honours list is almost longer than London City Lionesses' entire summary on Wikipedia and Putellas has 44 times more followers on Instagram than the club.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

According to a state-prepared summary of the measure, 90% of the tax revenues would be spent on healthcare and 10% would fund food assistance or education-related programs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

The Attorney General’s office says the summary it drafted accurately described what the ballot question would do without describing “ancillary effects caused by existing law.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Some genres, such as the scholarly journal article, force an author to lay out her point in a summary, an abstract, or a synopsis.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

There will also be an England-wide rollout of AI tools that record conversations between patients and NHS staff to generate real-time transcriptions and clinical summaries.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Publishers, meanwhile, are grappling with how to remain visible—and generate ad dollars—as a link-heavy search experience that drove traffic is being replaced by chatbot-driven search featuring AI-generated summaries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Those summaries typically present results in broad categories such as “excellent health” or “within normal limits,” rather than providing detailed underlying data.

From Salon May 31, 2026

At the same time, Airbnb is ramping up its use of AI by adding AI-powered review summaries and lodging comparisons, the company said.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

By and large the Milagro lawyer’s articles had been fairly innocuous—generalized summaries of welfare problems, advice on how to pay less income tax, on how to apply for and receive food stamps.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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