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[suhm-uh-ree] / ˈsʌm ə ri /




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"The Court concluded that the litigation had been pursued in a way that took it 'well outside the norm'," the summary of the ruling said, noting "the gravity of the allegations" among other factors.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

But an official summary states that federal regulators may impose “sanctions and economic fines” against outlets that violate the new standards.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

In a study published in 2025, Hwang and his colleagues found that the frontoparietal cortex develops an ongoing high-level summary of information arriving from elsewhere in the brain.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

While at Schlumberger, he worked for four years at an oilfield in Oman, where he had to write a daily summary of operations that was read by many colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Since Randall wished to convince the outside committee that he had a productive research group, he had instructed his people to draw up a comprehensive summary of their accomplishments.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Now, with AI summaries and LLMs, Baden and her colleagues have to be creative with how they write updates to this map to ensure LLMs aggregate the information accurately.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Amadon said Known has a small staff of human matchmakers who helped train the AI and review summaries and matches before they are sent to users.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

That’s a passive-aggressive approach that looks like this: sending the boss updates every 30 minutes, asking questions you already know the answer to and emailing summaries of every minor meeting or interaction.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Many websites have complained that they have seen a large drop in traffic since Google started placing AI summaries at the top of its search results page.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Each of us would write out a summary of the story we were given; these summaries were then passed among us, and later smuggled to the general section.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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