as in summaries
a short statement of the main points
a rundown of the suspect's lengthy police record
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Recent Examples of rundowns
Read on as Entertainment Weekly rundowns of what the Sons of Anarchy stars have been up to since the series ended.
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
Carter’s process begins with detailed scene-by-scene rundowns cataloging locations, times of day, characters, props, graphics, and special effects.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
Meyers is a longtime critic of the president, frequently providing his viewers with satirical rundowns of the latest White House news and the president's actions, including his posts on Truth Social.
—Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The tune suddenly becomes a bestseller on two rundowns again.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
Carter’s process begins with detailed scene-by-scene rundowns cataloging locations, times of day, characters, props, graphics, and special effects.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
Meyers is a longtime critic of the president, frequently providing his viewers with satirical rundowns of the latest White House news and the president's actions, including his posts on Truth Social.
—Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The tune suddenly becomes a bestseller on two rundowns again.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rundowns
summaries
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Claude can generate research summaries in minutes, McCrory said to Axios, but the usefulness of that output depends heavily on the user’s expertise.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The story summaries above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Rundowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rundowns. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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