as in summaries
a shortened version of a written work
this bowdlerization of "Moby Dick" simply eliminates all the chapters on whaling and cetology
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Google investors wanted to know how AI summaries and agents are changing how the company makes money from search.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The first two abbreviations are easy enough to understand.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The first two abbreviations are easy enough to understand.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Photograph, document, scent-capture — record notes, memories, bottles and recipe sketches so that scent’s past isn’t lost.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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And then Riley’s clairvoyant sketches as a teenager point Mia toward going out to the amusement park.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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That’s what stakeholder capitalism nonprofit JUST Capital found in a pair of surveys with the Harris Poll and Robin Hood Foundation.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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With surveys so often failing to predict our electoral outcomes, Americans are understandably wary.—
Adam Bai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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As an appellate court judge, Miller reviews appeals filed by criminal defense attorneys.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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To learn more about our reporting and testing processes, read our complete reviews process and methodology page.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Bowdlerizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowdlerizations. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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