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 Many users express frustration with AI's inaccuracies, misleading information, and the intrusive nature of AI summaries. — Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026 Agentic systems require enterprises to understand where personal data is transformed into summaries, classifications, profiles, embeddings or other persistent outputs that may still relate to an individual. — Kobi Nissan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The MemoMind One’s summaries were particularly strange and vague, with awkward and nonsensically arranged concepts strung together with flowery horoscope-like language. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 Strengthening connection with residents through timely updates, plain language summaries of major decisions and earlier community input. — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 Amtrak has published online summaries of the environmental studies. — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 In some cases, news organizations found that chatbots would generate long excerpts of articles when users requested summaries of articles. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026 The summaries have the stiff, cautious tone of a book report written by a student who only watched the movie. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
  1. outlines
  2. digests
  3. briefs
  4. inventories
  5. sums
  6. synopses
Noun
  • Lichtenstein rose to prominence for canvases that drew inspiration from bold black outlines, flat bright colors, and fields of dots that defined commercial printing across comic books, advertisements, and newspapers.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Love Days retraces the outlines of Ettie’s life through the story of Susanna Moore.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 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
  • At digital marketing and advertising agency PMG, graduate candidates are asked to complete practical exercises in person, work in teams and tackle client briefs.
    — Lindsay Dodgson, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Amicus briefs in opposition by civil rights groups, industry workers, and First Amendment advocates are sounding the alarm and must be taken into account.
    — Abigail Disney, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of briefs
Noun
  • Longer-term supply agreements first, then prepayments and strategic inventories, then financing arrangements or direct investments in producers.
    — Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As power demand rose, natural-gas inventories were drawn down.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • Tinubu’s then-employers at Mobil Oil told investigators his treasurer role did not involve moving large sums and that the company never authorized him to hold its funds personally.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Some economists believe the vast sums of money being borrowed by private AI companies could pile additional pressure on government bond yields.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Oct. 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 11 Oct. 2026.

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