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
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini are gaining market share as a first stop for category research, vendor shortlists, executive due diligence and analyst-grade summaries.
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Dean Trevelino, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Attorneys have argued that CBP revealed enough information through the investigative summaries prepared by the Texas Rangers and a report released by CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 12 June 2026
But after Google’s summaries falsely tied two publishing companies to scams, the German court said the AI overviews were the firm’s own content, The Decoder reported.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
And the description of the first year of his second term takes up more space than the summaries for the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt combined.
—New York Times, 11 June 2026
The move comes after Google’s AI summaries in search results have decimated click-through rates for online publishers.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 June 2026
Don’t rely on AI summaries or shortcuts, but try to come up with the answers on your own.
—Christian B. Miller, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Add splits to run summaries (rolling out this week).
—Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 27 May 2026
These summaries are presented in a separate overlay on screen.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
Dean Trevelino, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Attorneys have argued that CBP revealed enough information through the investigative summaries prepared by the Texas Rangers and a report released by CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 12 June 2026
But after Google’s summaries falsely tied two publishing companies to scams, the German court said the AI overviews were the firm’s own content, The Decoder reported.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
And the description of the first year of his second term takes up more space than the summaries for the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt combined.
—New York Times, 11 June 2026
The move comes after Google’s AI summaries in search results have decimated click-through rates for online publishers.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 June 2026
Don’t rely on AI summaries or shortcuts, but try to come up with the answers on your own.
—Christian B. Miller, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Add splits to run summaries (rolling out this week).
—Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 27 May 2026
These summaries are presented in a separate overlay on screen.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
Noun
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The set incorporates the best of cat-eyes, 3D gold outlines, and strawberry milk nails.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
15 June 2026
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The statues' graceful outlines and cascading folds of clothes all radiate elegant simplicity.—
Anthony Kuhn,
NPR,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Momentum is firm and trending higher even as the price digests.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Graduates walked in riding inflatable horses, wearing cardboard mock-ups of Lightning McQueen and Caltrain or, in the case of a few male graduates, only Stanford-red briefs and sunglasses beneath their graduation gowns.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
14 June 2026
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Within that environment, Glenister said the agents support different stakeholders across the sourcing process—from design teams exploring new materials, to sourcing managers evaluating feasibility, to suppliers responding to briefs and providing data.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Post-pandemic, however, the brand has wrestled with fading customer resonance with customers and resulting high inventories.—
Hugh Leask,Elsa Ohlen,April Roach,
CNBC,
27 Nov. 2025
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Lenovo’s memory inventories are meanwhile roughly 50% higher than usual, Cheng told Bloomberg TV.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
26 Nov. 2025
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Of course, there are plenty of investors eager to hand over vast sums for those coveted shares.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
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Meanwhile, foreign fans—even from countries as dear to Trump as Scotland—are reportedly being denied entry for a range of bureaucratic vagaries, after spending enormous, unrecoverable sums on accommodations and stadium tickets, which are the most expensive in World Cup history.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Check out the full lineup below, with all synopses provided by the festival.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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Scroll down for the full lineup and synopses.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Summaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summaries. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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