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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
  • Republicans are pouring unprecedented sums into reliably red states such as Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Alaska as Democratic enthusiasm threatens their narrow congressional majorities.
    — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Measuring this wobble and doing some complicated sums gives the exact strength and orientation of the field to as low as 10⁻¹⁵ Teslas.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The last three national champions—Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana—lost a combined total of one game.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • That brings the total since his resignation to at least $192,402.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Officers are supposed to look at the totality of someone's circumstances.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The ruling requires federal immigration agents to consider the totality of the circumstances known to them before arresting someone without a warrant.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The United Nations said last week that more Ukrainian civilians were killed and wounded in the first eight months of 2026 than in the whole of last year.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers added land-surface data created using commercial satellite imagery and calibrated with NASA’s ICESat-2 laser altimetry to construct a 3D model of the whole of Hunga.
    — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Summation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summation. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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