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
Small LLMs can supply this, and are an excellent choice for tasks such as text summarization and edge applications.
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Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 10 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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Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 10 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
Noun
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The description herein is a summary and intended for informational purposes only and does not include all terms, conditions and exclusions of the policies described.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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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,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Summarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summarization. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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