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 Something Mahomes summed up nicely in 2023, when Bieniemy’s approach was causing a stir with the Commanders in Washington. — Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026 Rock critic Sam Freedman summed up the entire Monmouth run in an article for the Courier-News. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 In his own manner, Ellis may have summed up the disparity between his and Murphy’s sensibilities perfectly. — Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026 Mbappe’s second goal against Sweden summed up their razor-sharp connection, latching on to the end of a clever reverse pass and finishing confidently into the far corner. — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026 The true love/hate relationship of Big Brother summed up right there. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026 Glanville, whose company is currently working to develop a universal flu vaccine, among others, summed up the impact of these and other vaccines in America. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026 Flowers recalled a moment that summed up how much Reeder meant to her daughter. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 As the barbers trimmed patients’ beards, one man summed up the experience in a single word. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

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As can best be summarized, the title character Niu Lai is a young calf born to a forest/shifting dreamscape who relies on his mother for protection.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Generic content is more likely to be summarized as common knowledge than cited as evidence of authority.

— Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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Earlier this week, researchers outlined an attack that used a secret input provided by Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprise to cause the AI assistant to exfiltrate a password present in the user’s inbox.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026
Practice them two or three times per week, as outlined below.

— Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026