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, 26 Sep. 2025
For serious or work-critical summaries, Reminders’ new Apple Intelligence capabilities aren’t reliable enough.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
According to summaries of its filings, Angel has also used high-interest debt and other financing arrangements tied to revenue streams such as Sound of Freedom.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Nearly a century later, the Ruxton investigation is still referenced in forensic science and criminal justice education materials, according to historical records and case summaries.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
That preparation can include qualifying potential deal partners, envisioning a game plan to test buyer demand and preparing executive summaries to set the table for negotiations.
—Frank Williamson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Of the 118 valid responses from patients, 108 indicated the ChatGPT summaries clarified details about the original report.
—Kate Ruder, jsonline.com, 17 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
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
Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
For serious or work-critical summaries, Reminders’ new Apple Intelligence capabilities aren’t reliable enough.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
According to summaries of its filings, Angel has also used high-interest debt and other financing arrangements tied to revenue streams such as Sound of Freedom.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Nearly a century later, the Ruxton investigation is still referenced in forensic science and criminal justice education materials, according to historical records and case summaries.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
That preparation can include qualifying potential deal partners, envisioning a game plan to test buyer demand and preparing executive summaries to set the table for negotiations.
—Frank Williamson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Of the 118 valid responses from patients, 108 indicated the ChatGPT summaries clarified details about the original report.
—Kate Ruder, jsonline.com, 17 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
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Johnson is also weighing whether to keep his members out of Washington, further putting the onus on the Senate to accept his spending outlines without getting into the grit of health care coverage.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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This is what passes as development these days, and what comes out of the Chad Powers process is mostly lousy, a corporate exercise in content alchemy that plays like a coloring book where the outlines are already drawn.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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Tastes have changed, and audiences have since exchanged legal briefs for spandex-wearing heroes in superhero adventures (a genre that’s been pretty good to Holland).—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Their mere presence is giving as much support as these Skims briefs give my low-hangers.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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The stabilization of apparel inventories after a period of drawdown may help motivate orders, but the cost of sourcing increased with tariffs and could prove an offsetting factor.—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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Those cheaper inventories will be eventually run down, however.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Any travel costs incurred after the shutdown are reimbursable once spending resumes.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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That is what their resumes say.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Those enormous sums of money flow to seemingly everyone except the student athletes.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Many carry student loans or other debt, and 75% expect to inherit sizable sums from their parents as part of the Great Wealth Transfer.—
Julia Rodgers,
Fortune,
3 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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