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
Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Get a weekly roundup of news from India in your inbox every Thursday.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
Everyone in that cafeteria is then rounded up by billionaire Byron Forst’s Corporation and quarantined in a kind of secret prison so that their transformations can be observed.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Then be sure to read our expert's guide to photographing the lunar surface, written by Dury, along with our roundups of the best lenses and camera bodies for capturing the post-sunset sky.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Get a weekly roundup of news from India in your inbox every Thursday.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
If the price ends in three, four, eight or nine, cash payment rounds up.
—ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
Everyone in that cafeteria is then rounded up by billionaire Byron Forst’s Corporation and quarantined in a kind of secret prison so that their transformations can be observed.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
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The group meets bimonthly with police leadership, can receive timely information after critical incidents and is expected to publish a public summary report after its first year.—
Tori Mason,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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For one, the AI system undergoing the test should not have access to summaries of its own hardware specification or tools that can reveal it.—
Dimitris Tsementzis,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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What mattered to Anthropic was a guarantee that Claude would have nothing to do with the analysis of bulk data collected domestically, an issue especially salient to its employees in the context of ongoing ICE raids.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Jason Ignacio White, a former head of Noma’s fermentation lab, collected anonymous testimonies of alleged abuse at the restaurant and posted them to his Instagram page.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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On March 18th, Hadi gathered with friends to celebrate Chaharshanbe Suri, a festival of fire on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which begins on March 20th.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Before sunrise in downtown Dallas, volunteers gather in near silence, scanning sidewalks and glass towers for signs of birds that didn’t survive the night’s migration.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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In charge is Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller), a stern German tactician who is tasked with assembling a global coalition to handle the astrophage problem.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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What once demanded hundreds of thousands of ground troops — such as the forces assembled for Desert Storm from 1990 to 1991— can now be accomplished through precision air power.—
Chuck DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Jacob has one year and 59 days of MLB service time accumulated between his six stints with the Padres over the past three seasons.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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The career milestones will accumulate.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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It can also be planted with other shrubs to steal the spotlight, or grouped along other birds of paradise.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
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The festival tried to group similar sessions within the same hotels.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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Lynch played 12 seasons for the Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks and Oakland Raiders, amassing 10,413 yards in 2,453 carries with 85 touchdowns.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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After launching at a single location in 1916 and amassing a following, Nu-Way Weiners opened its second location in 1948; planting the seeds for what is now a restaurant mini chain.—
Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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After all, corralling recipes into one specific, organized location is sure to bring just a bit of order to weeknight meals.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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Hopkins scored 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting and corralled a season-high 13 rebounds.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Roundup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundup. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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