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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
By David Sims There’s a legendary bit of movie-nerd lore that sums up Hollywood’s shift away from using intricate little puppets. David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025 The mourners who were gathered at the funeral of Chicago Fire Department Lt. Kevin Ward faced a tough challenge in summing up his vibrant life in sentences. Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sum-up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sum-up
Noun
  • But his summary of the key moment is a nice analysis of the risk-and-reward of shooting for the near post, rather than crossing.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 May 2025
  • Liquidity management teams adjust positions throughout the day using streaming market data, instead of waiting for end-of-day summaries.
    Murugan Lakshmanan, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • The National Climate Assessment is a major publication produced every four years that summarizes the impacts of climate change in the U.S., and it is congressionally mandated under the Global Change Research Act of 1990.
    Tracy J. Wholf, CBS News, 2 May 2025
  • The results are summarized in a report released last month.
    Jeff Opperman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • While a motive was not outlined during the trial, an inmate at Halifax County Adult Detention Center, where Frederick was being held, testified that Frederick admitted to killing his wife in June 2023, WSET-TV reported.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 8 May 2025
  • The hackers are now requesting additional ransoms from individual schools for this data, as one Toronto district outlined in a letter this week to parents and guardians.
    Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 8 May 2025

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