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summary

[suhm-uh-ree] / ˈsʌm ə ri /




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Days earlier we FedExed the professor a bunch of material—press clippings, earnings reports, summary of the state of play—to give him an overview.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The summary noted the pilot's cautions about speed occurred "throughout the remainder of the recording" as did the inconsistent verbal response.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

In a culture of aggregation and AI summary, the stiffest original thinking still feels as supple as a tone poem, and genuine intellectual ambition akin to a secular miracle.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Here’s a summary of how the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 have performed during August, through early trading on Monday.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

I hurried because the reports had to be summarized by 10:30, when the classes reconvened and the superintendent would stand up and announce, “Sister Maull will read today’s Sunday school summary for us.”

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

“Interruptions are an indication that you’re winning,” said Tarlov, evoking the pithy chapter summaries in “I Disagree.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

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

His father set all four summaries on his desk, side by side, and read each one twice.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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