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
Meeting summaries from the Danish Vaccine Council — an expert panel that advises Denmark on vaccine recommendations — from November, 2024 suggest growing interest in reassessing rotavirus, chickenpox and hepatitis B vaccinations.
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Erika Edwards, NBC news, 5 Jan. 2026
Several Canadian viewers shared clips and summaries of the story on social media, and within hours, the videos went viral on platforms like Reddit and Bluesky.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
The industry has also seen publishers experiment with new forms of digital storytelling, including using AI to create audio summaries.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Woodward helped shepherd the project through several iterations to what morphed into NotebookLM, a popular product that analyze articles, PDFs or videos a user uploads, and provides summaries or offers insights.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
What much of this debate has overlooked, however, is that today, AI large language models are increasingly used to write up news summaries, headlines and content that catch your attention long before traditional content moderation mechanisms can step in.
—Adrian Kuenzler, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
The December 3 Quinn Emanuel Letter largely relied for its assertions on partial summaries of inaccurate and incomplete newspaper reports that were not relevant to the evaluation of a potential transaction, while other assertions had no factual basis whatsoever.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2025
On the artist side, new metrics available on Replay ‘25 include listenership growth and year-over-year performance summaries.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
Readers can ask questions, generate summaries, create audio stories, or translate reports, all within one consistent experience.
—Mark Howard, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Erika Edwards, NBC news, 5 Jan. 2026
Several Canadian viewers shared clips and summaries of the story on social media, and within hours, the videos went viral on platforms like Reddit and Bluesky.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
The industry has also seen publishers experiment with new forms of digital storytelling, including using AI to create audio summaries.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Woodward helped shepherd the project through several iterations to what morphed into NotebookLM, a popular product that analyze articles, PDFs or videos a user uploads, and provides summaries or offers insights.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
What much of this debate has overlooked, however, is that today, AI large language models are increasingly used to write up news summaries, headlines and content that catch your attention long before traditional content moderation mechanisms can step in.
—Adrian Kuenzler, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
The December 3 Quinn Emanuel Letter largely relied for its assertions on partial summaries of inaccurate and incomplete newspaper reports that were not relevant to the evaluation of a potential transaction, while other assertions had no factual basis whatsoever.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2025
On the artist side, new metrics available on Replay ‘25 include listenership growth and year-over-year performance summaries.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
Readers can ask questions, generate summaries, create audio stories, or translate reports, all within one consistent experience.
—Mark Howard, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
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His process involved mapping the sun’s path, calculating angles, sketching outlines, and planning how light would travel across the surface, before burning the image onto a piece of untreated wood.—
TIME PR,
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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Wilson’s also said his deputies had filed briefs with inaccurate legal references in two other cases, but that they were caused by human error, not AI.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Amicus briefs from across the political spectrum press the simple point that the IEEPA doesn’t authorize this, and an emergency cannot be a long-running condition that has coincided with rising American prosperity.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The decline in the measure reflected producers drawing down their raw materials inventories at the fastest rate since October 2024.—
Reade Pickert Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
6 Jan. 2026
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Red Wolf is expected to be ready for initial operational fielding in 2026, according to industry reporting, as the Marine Corps and the Pentagon look to expand their inventories of affordable, long-range strike and sensing systems for a potential high-end conflict.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
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Defense attorney Marc Carlos argued Friday that prosecutors failed to turn up evidence that Bonillo was being paid large sums of money by the cartel.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Otherwise, the state or large cities would need to pay huge sums to fellow CAP users to persuade them to forgo their water and let more vulnerable users stay wet.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 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 8 Jan. 2026.
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