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
But the areas that are working, like focused copilots, intelligent workflow automation and data summarization, are already changing how software gets built and used.
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Mofe Blessing-Kayode, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Tasks like data entry, report writing, coordination, and content summarization that have once been integral to entry-level roles are now performed faster and more accurately by AI agents.
—William Jones, USA Today, 3 May 2025
The continued spread of summarization could make human writers—with their own personalities, experiences, contexts, and insights—more valuable, both as a contrast to and a part of the A.I. ecosystem.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
Additionally, legal and financial industries are using AI for document comparisons, summarization, and insights.
—Abhi Shimpi, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Mofe Blessing-Kayode, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Tasks like data entry, report writing, coordination, and content summarization that have once been integral to entry-level roles are now performed faster and more accurately by AI agents.
—William Jones, USA Today, 3 May 2025
The continued spread of summarization could make human writers—with their own personalities, experiences, contexts, and insights—more valuable, both as a contrast to and a part of the A.I. ecosystem.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
Additionally, legal and financial industries are using AI for document comparisons, summarization, and insights.
—Abhi Shimpi, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summarization
summary
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The firm can, however, use it to extract relevant points from contracts, create summaries of relevant prior case law, and flag up risks.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The Massachusetts Family Institute highlighted in a summary of a legislative hearing held earlier this month that 59 of 70 people had testified in opposition to the bills that look to increase vaccination requirements and reporting standards.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
16 June 2025
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“Summarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summarization. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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