as in summary
a short statement of the main points
I can't read 500 pages by tomorrow, so just give me the roundup
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as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
rounded everyone up for one final training session
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Recent Examples of roundup
Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 18 May 2026
The film is set in August 1942, during the Vichy regime’s roundup of foreign Jews.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 17 May 2026
Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
The Ustase, Croatia’s version of the Nazi SS, was responsible for widespread atrocities, rounding up and murdering hundreds of thousands of Jews, Serbs and Roma people.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
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Noun
Don’t forget to check out our roundup of the best early Memorial Day tech sales for even more deals worth grabbing right now.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 18 May 2026
The film is set in August 1942, during the Vichy regime’s roundup of foreign Jews.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 17 May 2026
Verb
There’s little incentive to report such incidents, as Jordanian authorities regularly round up and deport people who work without permits.
—Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
The Ustase, Croatia’s version of the Nazi SS, was responsible for widespread atrocities, rounding up and murdering hundreds of thousands of Jews, Serbs and Roma people.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.—
Jeff Rosen,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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The 192-page document, written by Paul Rivera, a Democratic consultant unaffiliated with the Biden and Harris campaigns, lacks key sections, including a conclusion and an executive summary.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 May 2026
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That saving gets split roughly three ways among Cibus, the seed company and the farmer, and Cibus collects $20 to $30 per acre in royalties.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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The crew’s mission is to track down three high-value bounties and collect cargo along the way.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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Save Girls’ Sports activists gathered outside Yorba Linda High School in protest, which OutKick documented firsthand through conversations with parents and attendees at the meet.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Before the team’s departure, the staff gathered for a final walk-through.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The country has spent two decades building museums, commissioning public art, and assembling blue-chip collections.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
20 May 2026
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As per Bull, the system is based on a modular design, with the supercomputer pre-assembled in containers before being shipped to Airbus’s sites.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
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Instruments and voices accumulate into immense, sustained, saturating dissonances, with a snare drum cutting through the tear-gas haze.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026
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The state is divided into 20 Education Service Center Regions, in which school districts are grouped.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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The countries of Asia are commonly grouped into five subregions—East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Western Asia (the Middle East)—as outlined below.—
Ethan Teekah,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 May 2026
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As Puck reported in March, L Catterton had been on the hunt for an investor, hoping to clear about $90 million of debt Everlane had amassed.—
Bella Webb,
Vogue,
22 May 2026
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The Cockroach Janta Party, its name a satirical riff on the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party, has amassed more than 19 million Instagram followers in less than a week, almost double the government’s audience.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
22 May 2026
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This $12 hanging purse organizer will corral all your seasonal handbags, while these vacuum seal bags will neatly stash winter clothing until next year.—
Brittany VanDerBill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 May 2026
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Video shows dozens of officers — some carrying riot shields — corralling the large group in the middle of the street.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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“Roundup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundup. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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