SUMMATIONS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

summations

noun

plural of summation

as in totals

a complete amount of something the summation of climatic conditions that affect plant growth

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Recent Examples of summations The hearing concluded Thursday, and Judge Gregory Carro asked both sides to submit their summations. — Adam Reiss, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025 Fortunately, the company has updated its policy to include plain-language summations, which go a long way toward clarifying the entire document. — Max Eddy, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023

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Noun

In addition, deportation numbers can be notoriously fuzzy, with totals counted in different ways in different years.

— Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
Their election came a week after the county’s voters flipped 11 of the 20 Kansas House seats that are expected to switch from Republican to Democratic control once vote totals are finalized.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2026

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At the time, Vaillant said the company had been put under significant financial strain following several months during which Tomorrow stopped paying sums owed to partners and suppliers.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
Tuesday's results delivered a gut punch to Elon Musk and Silicon Valley's biggest power players, who poured record sums into elections only to watch their candidates lose and a backlash against AI threaten their bottom lines.

— Spencer Kimball,Garrett Downs,Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Justin Papp, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of sums

Noun

Since then, its totalities grew progressively longer before peaking in 1955 at 7 minutes, 7 seconds.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The 2027 total solar eclipse is part of a family of moon shadows called Saros 136, which produces very long-duration totalities.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Definition of totalities

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Our parent company, CRH, employs 1,278 people across 59 locations in 48 North Carolina communities to produce the aggregates, asphalt, masonry products, pipe, and precast solutions that make construction possible.

— Kevin Blackwell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Proteins and blood cells Proteins and DNA can gather on plastic surfaces, and lysozyme, a common test protein, also began clumping into aggregates there.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

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