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
Small businesses can reduce operational drag by using AI for meeting summaries, email drafting, scheduling coordination, invoice processing, CRM updates and document organization.
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Scott Byrne, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
This section contains summaries from textbooks, as well as answers to exercises within them.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
The visual summaries also provide a quick way to review monthly spending and budget performance.
—Nick Perry, USA Today, 16 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
Scott Byrne, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
This section contains summaries from textbooks, as well as answers to exercises within them.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
The visual summaries also provide a quick way to review monthly spending and budget performance.
—Nick Perry, USA Today, 16 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
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Throw in high steal rates the past two seasons in a solid conference, solid defensive work overall, plus-rebounding for his position and his ability to get free points in transition, and the outlines of a role-playing wing are there.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
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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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This is because the fermentation process involved in making sourdough bread pre-digests, or breaks down, some of the wheat components—including gluten.—
Christina Manian,
Health,
29 May 2026
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Momentum is firm and trending higher even as the price digests.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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The collection takes 10 of Skims’ most familiar bra and underwear silhouettes and remakes them in cotton, spanning bralettes, briefs, thongs and boy shorts.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
22 June 2026
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In one photo, Hailey modeled a pale blush-pink lingerie set consisting of a triangle bra and matching low-rise briefs.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
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Naval forces are increasingly looking for ways to defeat large numbers of drones without exhausting expensive missile inventories.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
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And until supplies recover, global oil inventories will continue to remain under pressure.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
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European intelligence services say Russia is recruiting people online and paying them relatively small sums of money to carry out sabotage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Organizations must spend substantial sums hiring attorneys to defend themselves.—
Kim Gorsuch,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
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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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See full details, including Denver Film synopses and each show’s openers, below.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Summaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summaries. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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