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 summation, Minnesota dropped two rounds in the 2026 draft and one round in the ’27 draft in exchange for the homegrown, 35-year-old receiver.
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
The record is indeed best described by that all-encompassing word, experimental, but here Dijon occupies a space closer to traditional R&B, concluding the sonic excursion of the preceding half-hour with a thematic summation.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
The summation over time of all NEAT movements can add up to expending quite a few additional calories throughout the day, especially compared with someone who plants themselves in a chair or on a couch and rarely moves a muscle.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
In the second hour of Slavik’s summation, Diddy started to take on a noticeably more downcast appearance.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 26 June 2025
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
The record is indeed best described by that all-encompassing word, experimental, but here Dijon occupies a space closer to traditional R&B, concluding the sonic excursion of the preceding half-hour with a thematic summation.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
The summation over time of all NEAT movements can add up to expending quite a few additional calories throughout the day, especially compared with someone who plants themselves in a chair or on a couch and rarely moves a muscle.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
In the second hour of Slavik’s summation, Diddy started to take on a noticeably more downcast appearance.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summation
Noun
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The Lewis family has insisted the club is not for sale, and their injecting a nine-figure sum into Spurs — again, largely out of keeping with past activity — would seem to underscore that position.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Buying a new one can set you back a tidy sum.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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That’s after revisions to prior months cut growth totals sharply and even showed a net loss of jobs in June.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Later in the quarter, Houston added to his team-high sack total in a split sack with Kenny Clark.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Oct. 2025
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The exposure was going to change wildly in the course of the eclipse, and totality would last only a few minutes.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Given the totality of the investigative findings, Jackson encourages his counterparts across the country to look at their unsolved homicides and compare this case to theirs, as there may be more victims out there.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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The whole is, after all, greater than the sum of its parts.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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That could be another reason why work-from-home rates have, on the whole, remained the same.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Summation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summation. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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