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Recent Examples of summation The Battle of the Gullet is a summation of various micro-conflicts happening simultaneously. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026 One way to consider this is that while the percentage growth in prices was higher decades ago, there is a history, as the growing CPI is effectively a summation of all previous price hikes. Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 13 May 2026 Gretchen realized that Blue Antiquity was Oscar’s capstone novel, a summation of what my husband believed about life, love, death, and eternity. Literary Hub, 12 May 2026 Trump is not totally wrong in his summation, but the remedy is bad as redistricting changes are supposed to occur once every 10 years based on population changes. Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for summation
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Noun
  • Whether those sums are realistic without the arrival of external expertise is uncertain.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The significance lies less in the sum stolen than in the nature of the failure.
    Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Bertha is expected to produce total rainfall amounts of 1 to 4 inches with isolated higher totals to 6 inches through Thursday along the central Gulf Coast from western Florida through southern Louisiana.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Counting signatures on a separate support letter written by non-STEM faculty, a total of about 3,300 professors are calling for a reinstatement of standardized testing.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • The path of totality — the moon’s dark shadow — will cross eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain, from where the sun’s corona will become visible, if skies are clear, for up to 2 minutes 18 seconds.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Iceland has fewer lodging hubs within the path of totality, which crosses Reykjavik, the Reykjanes Peninsula, Snæfellsnes, and part of the Westfjords.
    Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Founder-CEOs continuously integrate technology, customer needs, finance, operations, leadership, partnerships, and strategy into a coherent whole.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Despite concern about the outbreak, fast casual and quick service restaurantsas a whole have held up.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

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“Summation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summation. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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