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
Video tools include text-to-video, image-to-video, caption generation, YouTube summaries, transcriptions, and translations.
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Translation tools, meeting summaries and captions have the ability to smooth over gaps in fluency and assist non-native speakers in writing emails, translating, and functioning more confidently in English-first settings.
—Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Tomkins began his career editing news summaries for Radio Free Europe’s foreign bureaus before joining Newsweek in 1957 as a foreign news editor.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Mar. 2026
About 3,700 Sutter clinicians use an ambient listening tool that records patient appointments and creates summaries for their charts, saving the health care worker the time of writing them out manually.
—Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Independent sector summaries and hospital group reporting also highlight how medical tourism growth has become measurable in national economic terms, with Istanbul positioned as a primary hub for inbound aesthetic procedures.
—Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Like the Bee bracelet, the Omi listens to conversations and offers transcriptions and summaries in-app.
—Brian Cheung, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Along with tracking data, the CDC provides detailed summaries on its website for diagnosing measles.
—Andrew Jones, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
The new files today include summaries of the three other FBI interviews with the woman.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 6 Mar. 2026
Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Translation tools, meeting summaries and captions have the ability to smooth over gaps in fluency and assist non-native speakers in writing emails, translating, and functioning more confidently in English-first settings.
—Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Tomkins began his career editing news summaries for Radio Free Europe’s foreign bureaus before joining Newsweek in 1957 as a foreign news editor.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Mar. 2026
About 3,700 Sutter clinicians use an ambient listening tool that records patient appointments and creates summaries for their charts, saving the health care worker the time of writing them out manually.
—Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Independent sector summaries and hospital group reporting also highlight how medical tourism growth has become measurable in national economic terms, with Istanbul positioned as a primary hub for inbound aesthetic procedures.
—Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Like the Bee bracelet, the Omi listens to conversations and offers transcriptions and summaries in-app.
—Brian Cheung, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Along with tracking data, the CDC provides detailed summaries on its website for diagnosing measles.
—Andrew Jones, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
The new files today include summaries of the three other FBI interviews with the woman.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
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The general outlines of Sondheim’s story are well known.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Incorporate single plants in planting beds with gently curving outlines.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Mar. 2026
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Several groups filed briefs mentioning concerns over public confidence being shaken by late-arriving mail ballot laws, including a brief from Honest Elections Project and other similar groups.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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Fourteen Catholic moral theologians, ethicists and philosophers have filed briefs in federal court supporting Anthropic in its fight.—
Michelle Boorstein,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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March saw one of the largest drawdowns on global oil inventories on record.—
Chloé Farand,
semafor.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Crude is effectively trading on a geopolitical risk premium as investors hedge against prolonged disruptions and critically low inventories, Goldman said.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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In IconArrows pointing outwards CNBC Europe Multiple media reports have emerged in recent weeks that Iran has been charging ships vast sums to bypass traffic in the waterway.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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The utility business model involves borrowing substantial sums to invest in systems and later recovering costs from customers.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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Scroll down for the full lineup and synopses.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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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 30 Mar. 2026.
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