SUMMED UP Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

summed up

verb

past tense of sum up

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 consensus might be summed up by New York adviser Aileen Agopian, who conveyed a mixed message, talking to ARTnews by phone. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Brighton’s winner summed up a listless defensive display, with Fabian Hurzeler’s side starting in their own third and cutting through United with four simple passes before De Cuyper applied the finish in the box. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 It could be summed up succinctly as The Notebook meets Eat Pray Love, but Morrison and Julia Cox’s (Nyad) screenplay give it its own alternating rhythms. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026 Niccol further summed up his two years as CEO in a letter to employees on Thursday. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026 Smith summed up the enduring appeal of the story during a PaleyFest event in April at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026 These other people just posted beautiful photos of Steinem and quoted her own words or summed up one ore more of the accomplishments she was known for. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026 That sequence in the ninth inning Sunday summed up just about perfectly the Padres’ weekend at Tropicana Field. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 As officers in his proffer interview gave him an inventory of various Crips colleagues who were snitching, on the run from police or already in prison,Davis summed up the reality of gangsta life. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

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Today, CMOs win when their brands are cited, summarized and recommended inside generative answers, where discovery and decisions now happen.

— Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Yet Marcon’s works defy old-world tempos with their pacing (the shots in Monelle, 2017, last no more than a second each), their length (several clock in at under five minutes), and, of course, the seeming ease with which they can be summarized.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026

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VanderGiesen outlined the reasons for the plea agreement after being questioned by the judge about the deal.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
The private nonprofit organization’s yearly reports haven’t outlined progress on roughly two dozen venues around Greater Los Angeles.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

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