summary

Definition for summary

adjective as in concise, to the point

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arbitrary, cursory, curt, hasty, succinct, terse

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boiled down, breviloquent, compacted, compendiary, compendious, condensed, in a nutshell, laconic, perfunctory, pithy, recapped, rehashed, run down, short and sweet

noun as in short statement of main points

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analysis, essence, outline, prospectus, recap, rehash, review, rundown, sketch, survey, synopsis, version

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abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, brief, capitulation, case, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, extract, inventory, nutshell, recapitulation, reduction, report, roundup, run through, sense, skeleton, syllabus

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aperçu, long and short of it, pandect, precis, précis, résumé, sum and substance, summing-up, wrap-up

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In its summary, the commission said it was "largely satisfied with processes in place within departments to apply, consider and approve exception requests".

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Plus, coming into “Dune: Prophecy” as a stone-cold uninitiate is a challenge for which the script compensates using a combination of summary via narration and a brief, expository title card.

From Salon

Jordan said they asked California officials to describe the measure in the ballot summary with the phrase, “Slavery of any kind is prohibited.”

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They were given a summary of abuse allegations by a representative of the Titus Trust - the successor charity to the one running the summer camps where abuse had taken place.

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There is a table at the bottom of this article which gives a very simple summary of a few of the important positions held by Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump.

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