as in outlines
a short statement of the main points
many book reports choose to begin with a summary of the book
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Recent Examples of summaries
Penske says roughly 20% of Google searches leading to its sites now display AI Overviews — and, here’s the rub, that those summaries lift material from publishers’ work, answer the user’s query directly on the results page, and keep readers from clicking through.
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Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Additionally, some of the summaries broke off in the middle of a sentence with no obvious way to read the missing text.
—Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Reuters — The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Zoom, Google Meet and other platforms now offer AI notetakers that listen, record and share summaries.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
These summaries are consistent, audit-ready, and significantly reduce human error.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Over time, as AI tools became more integrated into our daily workflows—think live financial reporting or even inviting AI agents to meetings (remember AI doesn’t have a career at stake) to provide unbiased summaries—employee trust grew, and skepticism diminished.
—Paul Hudson, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
These summaries are presented in a separate overlay on screen.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Additionally, some of the summaries broke off in the middle of a sentence with no obvious way to read the missing text.
—Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Reuters — The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Zoom, Google Meet and other platforms now offer AI notetakers that listen, record and share summaries.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
These summaries are consistent, audit-ready, and significantly reduce human error.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Over time, as AI tools became more integrated into our daily workflows—think live financial reporting or even inviting AI agents to meetings (remember AI doesn’t have a career at stake) to provide unbiased summaries—employee trust grew, and skepticism diminished.
—Paul Hudson, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
These summaries are presented in a separate overlay on screen.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
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Prairie Village’s rules mirror Leawood’s, with similar outlines to age requirements for class 3 e-bikes in particular, yielding and giving audible signals to pedestrians, following manufacturer recommendations and not allowing distracted or reckless operation of the device.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Ascending patterns elsewhere in the strings blur the outlines of that governing idea.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Wednesday’s post was not the first time Bieber appeared on social media in his briefs.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Barrett stressed the importance of collegiality among the justices on the nation’s highest court and how her law clerks weed through the bevy of amicus briefs the court receives, only passing along to her those that lay out legal arguments rather than policy ones.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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Before that, investors will monitor economic data on retail sales, import prices, the housing market and business inventories due Tuesday.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, while the combination of pent up demand and ample inventories propped up sales over the summer, Smoke warns consumers are likely to soon see prices affected by tariffs as 2026 models arrive.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Students can also generate tailored podcasts from class materials or get help drafting resumes and cover letters.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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When Gen Xers and baby boomers were on the prowl for jobs in their 20s, walking into an office building and handing over their resumes wasn’t out of the ordinary.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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With no ground to generate revenue, and limited gate receipts, Enfield FC rely on benefactors putting large sums of money into the club — not uncommon at this level.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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From the $725 million total, substantial sums were first allocated for legal fees and lead plaintiff payments.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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In September 2025 Keep reading for the best new and returning TV shows arriving on streaming platforms in September 2025, including their premiere dates, synopses and where to watch them.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Summaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summaries. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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