as in summaries
a short statement of the main points
a sum-up of the main themes of the Romantic movement
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Noun
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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 -
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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The agreement’s outlines remain unclear, but potentially involve rights to Greenland’s minerals and increased NATO presence.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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After the stencil was created, it was changed to deliberately narrow the negative outlines of the fingers.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Sum-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sum-ups. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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