as in outlining
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 summarizing
For example, a reader can ask to generate an audio briefing summarizing the most significant political, economic, and cultural events that occurred in Brazil throughout 2025.
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Time Staff, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
The resulting feature was published on March 14, 2022, publicly summarizing the case for the first time in years and providing Army CID contact information.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Kolondra said that Opera’s Neon only processes data when users ask it to, like when summarizing a page, and all requests are end-to-end encrypted.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Students were encouraged to learn civics through memorizing, reciting, summarizing and applying information, rather than through analyzing and evaluating information, investigating civic issues or engaging in civic action projects.
—Robert Maloy, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
Companies are increasingly using AI to assist with daily tasks like summarizing meetings and drafting reports.
—Jj Rosen, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
Baseball beauty and a maddening soap opera not even worth an attempt at summarizing.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
In May, Notion introduced Ai products for summarizing meetings and searching through corporate files.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Reflective listening means repeating or summarizing what your partner said in your own words.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Time Staff, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
The resulting feature was published on March 14, 2022, publicly summarizing the case for the first time in years and providing Army CID contact information.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Kolondra said that Opera’s Neon only processes data when users ask it to, like when summarizing a page, and all requests are end-to-end encrypted.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Students were encouraged to learn civics through memorizing, reciting, summarizing and applying information, rather than through analyzing and evaluating information, investigating civic issues or engaging in civic action projects.
—Robert Maloy, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
Companies are increasingly using AI to assist with daily tasks like summarizing meetings and drafting reports.
—Jj Rosen, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
Baseball beauty and a maddening soap opera not even worth an attempt at summarizing.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
In May, Notion introduced Ai products for summarizing meetings and searching through corporate files.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Reflective listening means repeating or summarizing what your partner said in your own words.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summarizing
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Those streamers that have accrued more than a million subscribers in the country will be required to spend a portion of their local revenue or investment on original Australian shows or films after the government introduced a bill outlining new rules.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has asked the federal government for $1 billion to improve rural health care, outlining plans for adding community health workers, investing in new technologies such as artificial intelligence and establishing more partnerships across the state.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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As Washington was still digesting the election results on Thursday, a fund-raising e-mail came across the transom from Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democratic congresswoman who has emerged as one of the Party’s louder TV warriors.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2025
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Americans have largely abandoned digesting their news through the lens of activists who masquerade as journalists in the mainstream media.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Summarizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summarizing. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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