as in summarized
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact
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Recent Examples of summed up
Following his team’s 3-0 loss Tuesday to Argentina in a World Cup match at Kansas City Stadium (aka Arrowhead), Algeria’s Ibrahim Maza summed up the difference in the match.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
Lifeson somehow summed up the song’s entire message in his simple, emotive solo.
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Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
Phillies manager Don Mattingly summed up the task at hand for his offense before the game.
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Rich Rovito,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
The 23-year-old spoke to CNN Sports’ Coy Wire ahead of his nation’s first group stage match and summed up the feelings about playing in a World Cup on home soil.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
That summed up the show pretty succinctly.
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Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
Phillies manager Don Mattingly summed up the task at hand for his offense before the game.
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ABC News,
12 June 2026
Certainly, when Richmond later summed up life’s points and pleasures in a memo to his nephew, there was not a single piety among them.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
With responsible materials leading the way, Tanveer summed up the season as being more grounded, intentional and confident.
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
Lifeson somehow summed up the song’s entire message in his simple, emotive solo.
—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
Phillies manager Don Mattingly summed up the task at hand for his offense before the game.
—
Rich Rovito,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
The 23-year-old spoke to CNN Sports’ Coy Wire ahead of his nation’s first group stage match and summed up the feelings about playing in a World Cup on home soil.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
That summed up the show pretty succinctly.
—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
Phillies manager Don Mattingly summed up the task at hand for his offense before the game.
—
ABC News,
12 June 2026
Certainly, when Richmond later summed up life’s points and pleasures in a memo to his nephew, there was not a single piety among them.
—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
With responsible materials leading the way, Tanveer summed up the season as being more grounded, intentional and confident.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summed up
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The records summarized why his account was suspended and logged 20 calls Nekhala made to try and reverse the suspension.
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Ultimately, the entire discipline of artificial intelligence can be summarized as the effort to recreate the intelligence of human brains in silicon machines.
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But the mission’s goals outlined by the space agency—tasks such as scouting unexplored terrain, detecting stores of subsurface ice and monitoring atmospheric dust—are a far cry from the preexisting priority of Mars Sample Return and the associated search for alien life.
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Should Tuesday's launch be delayed for any reason, SpaceX has outlined a backup opportunity on June 24, with a launch window opening at the same time.
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