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summary

[suhm-uh-ree] / ˈsʌm ə ri /




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Consider filing a small-estate affidavit or summary probate, which is often less expensive and faster than the full probate process.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

And on each of Pike’s claims, Ward offered the same summary conclusion that she had not met her burden of proof.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

A judge ruled the legislature’s summary unfair and ordered it rewritten.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

After repeatedly warning of the rivers’ endangerment, however, Mr. Winder concludes with only the briefest summary of the projects currently aimed at guarding against the dire outcomes he foresees.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Several hours later, the doctors released a written summary of the results to the press.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

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

The most egregious error in the dot plot was in the summaries of December 2020 and March 2021, when the funds rate was zero.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 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

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

Perhaps among the contents of the Encyclopaedia Galactica will be a set of summaries of such civilizations, the information enigmatic, tantalizing, evocative—even after we succeed in translating it.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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