as in sum
a complete amount of something
the summation of climatic conditions that affect plant growth
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Recent Examples of summation
In this beautiful summation work, Jia has said it all.
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Throughout the prosecution's four-hour summation, Combs kept his head bowed, sometimes scribbling notes to his lawyers and occasionally turning to the jury with a dour look.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025
The defense spent four hours the next day presenting their summation, followed by the prosecution rebuttal.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 July 2025
In her nearly five-hour summation Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik struck a much more serious tone.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Throughout the prosecution's four-hour summation, Combs kept his head bowed, sometimes scribbling notes to his lawyers and occasionally turning to the jury with a dour look.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025
The defense spent four hours the next day presenting their summation, followed by the prosecution rebuttal.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 July 2025
In her nearly five-hour summation Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik struck a much more serious tone.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summation
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Of Cristian’s starting sum, streaming activity contributes 5,000 units, equating 6.6 million official on-demand audio and video streams of its songs.—
Pamela Bustios,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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The mobile home owners, many of whom paid multiple times that maximum buyout figure for their trailers — which are cemented into the ground and not particularly mobile — argue those sums, and the time they were given to find alternative housing, were insufficient.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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While at the University of Southern California, Williams threw for a total of 7,870 yards, 72 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in 26 games.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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The Blue Hills Civic Association gave SHEBA at total of $1.2 million in two, $600,000 payments over fiscal 2024 and 2025 as a subrecipient of the $5.5 million Blue Hills received from the state over each of the same two years, according to state and private nonprofit records.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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In Canada, Banff National Park and Jasper National Park are in the path of totality, as well as Calgary and Edmonton.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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In every location along the path of the 2026 eclipse, partial totality will last about two hours, and full totality will last two minutes.—
Cassandra Brooklyn,
AFAR Media,
21 Aug. 2025
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Despite the struggles in the broader agricultural sector, Wall Street analysts on the whole remain optimistic about Deere’s road ahead.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
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On the whole, the legislation increases spending by 13% over the previous fiscal year, according to an analysis by the American Governance Institute.—
Kevin R. Kosar,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Summation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summation. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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