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
Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Google covers up to $75,000 lifetime, Microsoft provides $50,000, Starbucks includes $25,000 plus $10,000 for prescriptions and Intel offers $40,000, per Rescripted’s 2026 roundup.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Approximately 40 people in the store at the time, including employees, were rounded up in the front, though there were exceptions.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Google at $75,000 lifetime, Microsoft at $50,000, Starbucks at $25,000 plus $10,000 for prescriptions and Intel at $40,000, according to Rescripted’s 2026 roundup.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Google covers up to $75,000 lifetime, Microsoft provides $50,000, Starbucks includes $25,000 plus $10,000 for prescriptions and Intel offers $40,000, per Rescripted’s 2026 roundup.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
Steves also recommends skipping tips at casual counter service spots, rounding up taxi fares and giving small tips to guides and hotel staff.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Approximately 40 people in the store at the time, including employees, were rounded up in the front, though there were exceptions.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
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A student who had asked AI for a chapter summary instead of reading the chapter might get the broad strokes, but there is a strong chance that the one specific detail the quiz will ask about did not make it into the summary, Buck said.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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The class action suit against Google, filed last week by a plaintiff with the pseudonym Jane Doe, alleged that the company's AI Mode created its own summaries and links, exposing Epstein victims' personal identifying information (PII), including names, phone numbers and email addresses.—
Jennifer Elias,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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Rose had collected art her whole life, cared a lot about her paintings, and was disturbed, obviously, by this fact that wasn’t a fact.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Eighty minutes in, yellow card already in his pocket and a one-game suspension already looming, Wilfried Zaha collected a Pep Biel pass in stride and buried it into the far corner.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Quick, tight, and dense, TDS gathers the latest automotive headlines from around the globe and places them all in one spot.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
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In it, Dekeyser assembles a history and taxonomy of the refusal of technologies, even ones that humans had come to depend on in their daily lives.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Olivia Bannerman, a 28-year-old software designer and part-time model, was standing on a rock in Central Park with her statuesque golden retriever, Violet, waiting for a quorum to assemble.—
Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
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The gaps between cushions These high-touch and hidden areas accumulate dust, crumbs and body oils that regular surface cleaning won’t reach.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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The accumulating studies on individual systems suggest that plants and their fungi cannot be understood separately.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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For example, in the apparel section at NEX Norfolk, major athletic brands like Nike, Under Armour and Athleta are grouped together, united only by a sign overhead advertising a 20% off discount.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Ryan Baker,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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Gene and Katie Hamilton Tribune Content Agency Designers tell us that an attractive way to showcase a collection is by grouping them together on a wall shelf to call attention to the display.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2026
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Over the next 15 years, Alito amassed a conservative record.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Big Ten Conference amassed nearly $70 million from NCAA distributions that will be paid for team appearances and performances in the 2026 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.—
Eric Olson,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The baseball nearly skipped away from his glove, but Witt corralled it and started a 6-3 double play.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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The only time contemporary dance music rears its head is when Cunningham drops a kick drum to frame the duo’s meanderings, in the same manner that Ciani uses control voltages to corral her buzzing sounds.—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Roundup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundup. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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