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
The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.
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Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Google investors wanted to know how AI summaries and agents are changing how the company makes money from search.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Investors have been watching for any changes to Reddit's user growth amid Google increasingly debuting generative AI features like AI Overview, which provides summaries to search questions.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
These creators — many of whom sell their own workbooks and classes on how to game the KDP system — take public domain classic literature and use AI to add summaries and discussion questions before relisting them on the site with a new cover.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
If everything gets boiled down to AI summaries, the internet might start to feel like Wikipedia.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Rather, the content came from Google searches that included short summaries of Reddit articles.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Many users may take these summaries at face value, rather than investigating the sourcing and accuracy further.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Copilot’s tendency to produce bullet points instead of extended paragraphs can be useful for quick summaries, but Gemini's answers seem more like the products of thought.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Google investors wanted to know how AI summaries and agents are changing how the company makes money from search.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Investors have been watching for any changes to Reddit's user growth amid Google increasingly debuting generative AI features like AI Overview, which provides summaries to search questions.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
These creators — many of whom sell their own workbooks and classes on how to game the KDP system — take public domain classic literature and use AI to add summaries and discussion questions before relisting them on the site with a new cover.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
If everything gets boiled down to AI summaries, the internet might start to feel like Wikipedia.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Rather, the content came from Google searches that included short summaries of Reddit articles.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Many users may take these summaries at face value, rather than investigating the sourcing and accuracy further.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Copilot’s tendency to produce bullet points instead of extended paragraphs can be useful for quick summaries, but Gemini's answers seem more like the products of thought.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
Noun
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His process involves mapping the sun’s path, calculating angles, sketching outlines, and planning how the light will travel across the surface.—
D.W. Pine,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Slides can generate presentation outlines, create slides, and design professional graphics on demand.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors have not responded to those allegations but are expected to file briefs within two weeks, according to court scheduling orders.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Her office also has issued amicus briefs in 49 other lawsuits against the administration.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Because newborn monkeys take a few years to reach the suitable age for experiments, facilities sometimes supplement their inventories.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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But estimates from the Federation of American Scientists show that Russia still leads in nuclear warhead inventories.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Still, the difference between the two leading mayoral candidates' resumes is significant.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Oklahoma State isn't just looking through the resumes of college coaches.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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This requires the Mint to produce significant sums of pennies each year.—
Ken Sweet,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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There were plausible reasons to sell senior players Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Jarell Quansah and Caoimhin Kelleher — given the sums that were offered, or the fact that the players themselves were pushing for moves — but none had to be sold.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 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 5 Nov. 2025.
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