as in to outline
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
the closing minute of the newscast summarizes the main story of the day
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The tool summarizes conversations across Slack channels, extracting insights from messages, documents and files.
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Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Conversations between patients and doctors are being recorded, summarized, structured, coded and integrated into medical records in real time.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026
On homebuilder Lennar ’s earnings call on Friday, CEO Stuart Miller effectively summarized what makes the housing market such a tough nut to crack right now.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 14 June 2026
The crowd again cheered, while Goldberg — who was in attendance when the Knicks won Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden — summarized the game.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
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Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Conversations between patients and doctors are being recorded, summarized, structured, coded and integrated into medical records in real time.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026
On homebuilder Lennar ’s earnings call on Friday, CEO Stuart Miller effectively summarized what makes the housing market such a tough nut to crack right now.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 14 June 2026
The crowd again cheered, while Goldberg — who was in attendance when the Knicks won Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden — summarized the game.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
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The state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection division of forestry has outlined a new forest management plan for the 3,735-acre state forest.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
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Following his first meeting at the helm Wednesday, Warsh outlined the plan — a sprawling, ambitious endeavor entailing five task forces that will utilize resources and experts within the Fed and from the outside.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
21 June 2026
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Traders are digesting a Fed meeting and outlook that signals interest rates will remain on hold, or could even be raised, to combat resurgent inflation.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The gains in SpaceX shares are a sign of consistent investor demand for the stock, calming fears that the record IPO would be too large for the market to digest.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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“Summarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summarize. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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