summarizes

VERB

give a rundown

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compile encapsulate epitomize outline recap rehash sum up

STRONG

abridge abstract cipher condense cut digest inventory pare prune recapitulate retrograde review shorten skim snip sum summate trim

WEAK

boil down cut back cut down get to meat give main points précis put in a nutshell run down run through synopsize

Antonyms

STRONG

add enlarge expand increase lengthen

WEAK

break down

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summarizes

These worrying landmarks reinforce a market perception that fixed-income investments are losing bets, a sentiment Hartnett summarizes as “Anything But Bonds.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 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

"The students reported fewer problems falling asleep, and health-related quality of life increased," summarizes lead author Joëlle Albrecht.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

Table 5.1 summarizes, for these and other areas of local domestication, some of the best-known crops and animals and the earliest known dates of domestication.

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