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summary

[suhm-uh-ree] / ˈsʌm ə ri /




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Here is a summary of year-to-date returns, dividend yields and price ratios for the largest six U.S. banks’ stocks, leaving them in the same order as the tables above.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

After Cohen’s election, her office found itself in a public dispute over the state’s annual comprehensive financial report, a summary of California’s spending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In his statement, Van Houten included a summary of what Jane Doe told the Cornell University Police Department in 2024 after the alleged attack.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Upon reading the summary, we wondered why the report required a platoon of analysts to produce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Despite its handsome packaging, Yu tar’s address was a garbled summary of the prosecution’s case and did not explain the indictment or assess the evidence.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

NHS medical records can contain highly sensitive personal information, ranging from test results and hospital discharge summaries to details of prescriptions and medications.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“For example, compaction summaries included instructions to invent missing historical data without disclosing it and to hide mismatches in source versions,” wrote OpenAI.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

In some cases, specific email addresses were listed alongside document summaries as sources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

“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

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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