as in outlined
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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Recent Examples of summarized
By the time a signal travels from the people doing the work to the people leading the organization, it’s been filtered, summarized, and optimized at every layer in between.
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Adrienne Down Coulson, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Markey sent Amazon a letter in October 2025 asking how Familiar Faces works, and summarized Amazon’s responses in a February 2026 letter that repeated his call to end Familiar Faces.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
This harness manages the agent’s ability to store and retrieve past interactions, summarized context or user preferences.
—Arun Ramakrishnan, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Here’s the five-day forecast for Broward and Palm Beach counties, summarized by AI based on information from the National Weather Service.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026
The investigation was summarized by officials with the Tampa police and released following a public records request.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
These can be summarized as a debate about whether the media are watchdogs, aggressively scrutinizing government officials, or lapdogs, mostly colluding with or manipulated by them.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Researchers used the Amazon reviews of a handful of electronic products, which were then summarized by several large language models (LLMs), including those based on Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
—Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
King and Kudrow’s own feelings about AI writing are beautifully summarized by real-life TV director Jimmy Burrows, who plays himself in the series, when his character quits after shooting the pilot episode.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
Adrienne Down Coulson, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Markey sent Amazon a letter in October 2025 asking how Familiar Faces works, and summarized Amazon’s responses in a February 2026 letter that repeated his call to end Familiar Faces.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
This harness manages the agent’s ability to store and retrieve past interactions, summarized context or user preferences.
—Arun Ramakrishnan, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Here’s the five-day forecast for Broward and Palm Beach counties, summarized by AI based on information from the National Weather Service.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026
The investigation was summarized by officials with the Tampa police and released following a public records request.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
These can be summarized as a debate about whether the media are watchdogs, aggressively scrutinizing government officials, or lapdogs, mostly colluding with or manipulated by them.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Researchers used the Amazon reviews of a handful of electronic products, which were then summarized by several large language models (LLMs), including those based on Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
—Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
King and Kudrow’s own feelings about AI writing are beautifully summarized by real-life TV director Jimmy Burrows, who plays himself in the series, when his character quits after shooting the pilot episode.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summarized
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The legislation would only allow an audit of the limited records the Supreme Judicial Court outlined in its recent order – the adoption of the official budget by both chambers, expenditures, joint legislative operations, and monetary settlement agreements, all dating back to 2021.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
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Since that goal was outlined more than two years ago and the company has continued flying its experienced boosters safely across dozens of missions, SpaceX may be intending to push past 40 missions.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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Oil prices were little changed after a volatile trading day as traders digested news that the US and Iran have reached a tentative deal to extend a ceasefire and work toward a pact to end the war.—
Will Kubzansky,
Bloomberg,
27 May 2026
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Even so, Target shares fell in morning trading as investors digested the retailer's progress in its turnaround.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
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“Summarized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summarized. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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