summaries

noun

plural of summary
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 In an era when search results and AI summaries repeat whatever was said first, that sentence can follow a company for years. — Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Features like Catch me up (notification summaries) and Pay Attention (meeting notes) are still supported, but the company appears to have dropped the Moto AI branding. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026 Those summaries, the organization added, led authorities to dismiss most of the workers’ claims and award them only a fraction of the compensation sought. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026 The amendment also allows courts to revise ballot summaries that are deemed misleading and prohibits the General Assembly from tweaking the initiative petition process. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026 An upcoming Siri Recap feature will be able to create summaries of conversations for later reference. — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026 However, Google's search engine is competing directly with ChatGPT and Claude by surfacing more results through AI Overviews and AI Mode, where users primarily get summaries rather than links to other sites. — Ari Levy, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026 The students had become so reliant on the summaries that about half the class was stumped on what to do without them. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026 Their seconds-long spiels have touched on topical news instead, providing brief summaries of subjects like the protests in Europe and the war in Ukraine, as if long-form journalism is incomplete without a quick nod to the daily headlines. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
  1. outlines
  2. digests
  3. briefs
  4. inventories
  5. sums
  6. synopses
Noun
  • The outlines of her life were clear but the insides dark, lit up by vivid memories here and there.
    — Kieran Setiya, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Other details of the mural celebrate the area's natural history, including wildflowers drawn with armadillo outlines and a honeybee honoring the property's former beekeeping owners.
    — Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • This is because the fermentation process involved in making sourdough bread pre-digests, or breaks down, some of the wheat components—including gluten.
    — Christina Manian, Health, 29 May 2026
  • Momentum is firm and trending higher even as the price digests.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of digests
Noun
  • This problem threatens to get worse with the recent reliance on artificial intelligence in the writing of everything from legal briefs and college papers to business correspondence and personal letters.
    — Gary Barron, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Models marched around a giant mound in the middle of the room in leather trench coats, militaristic jackets, shorts cut like briefs, and monochrome combat uniforms in shades of bone, charcoal, black, and red.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of briefs
Noun
  • Rather than maintaining separate inventories of conventional mortar ammunition and specialized aerial munitions, the system is intended to make existing rounds compatible with another delivery method.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In his opening address, Al Jaber warned that nearly a billion barrels had been drawn from global oil inventories since the disruption of Hormuz, illustrating how quickly geopolitical instability can affect global energy supplies.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • At the time, Vaillant said the company had been put under significant financial strain following several months during which Tomorrow stopped paying sums owed to partners and suppliers.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Tuesday's results delivered a gut punch to Elon Musk and Silicon Valley's biggest power players, who poured record sums into elections only to watch their candidates lose and a backlash against AI threaten their bottom lines.
    — Spencer Kimball,Garrett Downs,Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Justin Papp, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of sums
Noun
  • See the full list of additions to Rooftop’s summer film series below, with all synopses provided by Rooftop.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
  • See full details, including Denver Film synopses and each show’s openers, below.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of synopses

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“Summaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summaries. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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