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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By December, 1930, numbers bankers were using the pari-mutuel total—the sum wagered on a particular horse—to determine the day’s number.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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That pay package carried a potential maximum value of about $56 billion, but that sum has fluctuated over the years based on Tesla’s stock price.—
Michelle Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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In May 2023, the Institute for Energy Research reported record purchases of oil by the two nations, a total of 110 million barrels for the month, which was up 10% from the prior month.—
Matt Randolph,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The production has a total of more than 200 speaking roles.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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This will be a total solar eclipse with an extraordinarily long totality, but only for those in one specific place.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Taken in their totality — State Farm’s sudden, massive rate hike, the lack of transparency and the ongoing lobbying to avoid scrutiny — these events lead us to believe that State Farm may not be basing its rates on the actual data here in Illinois.—
JB Pritzker,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
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Women, on the whole, still earn 82 cents on the dollar (a gap that widens for women of color) here in the United States.—
Randi Braun,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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That Lewis and Lamb Chop (and Hush Puppy and Charlie Horse) were part of one, greater whole is a given.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
17 July 2025
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“Summation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summation. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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