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summing up

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verb

present participle of sum up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of summing-up
Noun
Not every documentarian’s first-person contributions enrich the proceedings, but here the quest hits all the right notes, and the gathering of voices feels like a place to begin rather than a mere summing-up. Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025 Maurice Drake, the judge in his trial, also presided over the Bridgewater case, in which he was accused of misdirecting the jury with a biased summing-up. Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024 What’s fascinating about it is that it’s explicitly offered as a summing-up statement from Godard to the world. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summing-up
Noun
  • The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Google is now forcing AI summaries at the top of web searches, which reduce traffic to websites and often provide dangerous misinformation.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In May, Notion introduced Ai products for summarizing meetings and searching through corporate files.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Reflective listening means repeating or summarizing what your partner said in your own words.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The shell appeared brighter in the northeast and southwest, with a fainter arc connecting the two regions to the northwest, outlining the outer edge.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
  • According to the Texas Tribune, Mitchell’s letter marks the first time that a Texas university system has formally limited discussions of trans and nonbinary identities, despite him not explicitly outlining what professors can and cannot touch upon.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Antioch, which has 35 parks across the city, is wrapping up renovation works at the Contra Loma Estates Park on Mahogany Way and Manzanita Drive.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The Jesse checks landed in mailboxes across the state each August, just as families were wrapping up their summer vacations and kids were preparing to return to school.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Summing-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summing-up. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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