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Noun
Other amenities include daily videos and photos of all your activities and a weekly sum-up video. Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024 But Biden, who was to try to showcase NATO’s strength in a sum-up speech Wednesday evening, was not willing to take that step, even as the United States continues to provide more weapons and ammunition than any other country to Ukraine. Chris Megerian and Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
Verb
Give me 5 headline options that sum up my unique value in under 120 characters. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 While Italy boasts around 500 native grapes that are made into wine commercially, Sicilian wine production can be summed up with the knowledge of 10 main grapes, most of which are sold by varietal rather than appellation name. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sum-up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sum-up
Noun
  • That includes Call Notes (an automatic summary of your phone call), and support for the Pixel Screenshots app.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 10 July 2025
  • The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • The motive can be summarized as pure agency, pure evil; in other words, premeditated murder.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
  • This week's Think Texas column summarizes her work.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • The county has outlined terms for a new lease agreement that would be for 11 years, including the 2025 season, with options for five two-year extensions.
    Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 7 July 2025
  • Israel Brigs, another panelist, outlined what’s at stake: loss of contract eligibility, revenue, and prime contractor status.
    Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025

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