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summation

[suh-mey-shuhn] / səˈmeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
summary
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STRONG


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With all that said, a bonfire composed of burning laptops is a good summation of 2026’s current flavor of anxiety.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

"I was sort of there, hovering," is his summation of his involvement.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

I’m including myself in that summation, since I meant to review one show on this list but kept kicking that flaming can down the road until its season ended.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

It is the summation of the ethnographic fieldwork, bold hypotheses and sweeping synthesis unique to this scholar of rural resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

After everything he’d built, planned, fought for, fretted over, dreamed of, this was the summation of his life: one disappointing son and two suitcases.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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