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
The global 2025 wildfire season can be summed up with one of two extreme datapoints.
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Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 June 2026
And just like that, the Canadiens’ issues in this series were summed up in one play, with a nice, pretty bow on it.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Breaking Views summed up investor worries.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
His style blends old school vibes with a modern feel that is best summed up as red dirt and Americana.
—David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
Kylie Minogue cannot be summed up easily.
—Scott Bryan, Variety, 18 May 2026
Mikal Bridges stood at his locker after the Knicks completed a 4-0 second-round sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday and summed up the biggest difference between this Knicks team and the flawed, inconsistent versions of years past.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
Royals broadcaster Eric Hosmer summed up the fan response to that Erceg foul-mouthed slip-up.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
Musk’s lawyer, Steven Molo, summed up the sheer notoriety of his client.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 June 2026
And just like that, the Canadiens’ issues in this series were summed up in one play, with a nice, pretty bow on it.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Breaking Views summed up investor worries.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
His style blends old school vibes with a modern feel that is best summed up as red dirt and Americana.
—David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
Kylie Minogue cannot be summed up easily.
—Scott Bryan, Variety, 18 May 2026
Mikal Bridges stood at his locker after the Knicks completed a 4-0 second-round sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday and summed up the biggest difference between this Knicks team and the flawed, inconsistent versions of years past.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
Royals broadcaster Eric Hosmer summed up the fan response to that Erceg foul-mouthed slip-up.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
Musk’s lawyer, Steven Molo, summed up the sheer notoriety of his client.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summed up
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By the time a signal travels from the people doing the work to the people leading the organization, it’s been filtered, summarized, and optimized at every layer in between.—
Adrienne Down Coulson,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Markey sent Amazon a letter in October 2025 asking how Familiar Faces works, and summarized Amazon’s responses in a February 2026 letter that repeated his call to end Familiar Faces.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The company has outlined a goal of reaching a 15% operating margin by 2029, up from roughly 12% today, though Smith suggested there could be additional upside beyond that target.—
Alexa LoMonaco,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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By then, analysts outlined how the NDAA’s provision to arm Iraq with equivalent systems could ultimately scupper any Kurdish acquisition, or at least delay it indefinitely.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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