as in summary
a short statement of the main points
what you wrote goes way beyond a summarization of the speech
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Recent Examples of summarization
In a December 2023 Slate editorial, security researcher Bruce Schneier warned that AI models could enable unprecedented mass spying by automating the analysis and summarization of vast conversation datasets.
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Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
It was given another boost in 2019 when OpenAI figured out that Transformers trained on large amounts of text could not only write text well, but master many other language tasks, from translation to summarization.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
For example, documentation summarization for onboarding new engineers, sales enablement tools that auto-tailor pitches based on CRM signals or auto-tagging of product feedback to inform roadmap prioritization.
—Agur Jõgi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Following these incidents, Apple was forced to temporarily pause summarization for news apps.
—PC Magazine, 23 July 2025
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Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
It was given another boost in 2019 when OpenAI figured out that Transformers trained on large amounts of text could not only write text well, but master many other language tasks, from translation to summarization.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
For example, documentation summarization for onboarding new engineers, sales enablement tools that auto-tailor pitches based on CRM signals or auto-tagging of product feedback to inform roadmap prioritization.
—Agur Jõgi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Following these incidents, Apple was forced to temporarily pause summarization for news apps.
—PC Magazine, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summarization
summary
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Google is now forcing AI summaries at the top of web searches, which reduce traffic to websites and often provide dangerous misinformation.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Summarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summarization. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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