as in summary
a short statement of the main points
there's no time to get into all the details, so could you give me a quick summing-up?
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as in summarizing
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 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
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
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The description herein is a summary and intended for informational purposes only and does not include all terms, conditions and exclusions of the policies described.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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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,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Baseball beauty and a maddening soap opera not even worth an attempt at summarizing.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Kolondra said that Opera’s Neon only processes data when users ask it to, like when summarizing a page, and all requests are end-to-end encrypted.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The document outlining the proposal was obtained by multiple outlets.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Namely, the show played a brief montage outlining the history between Behar, Plaza, and the ghosts that The View host has allegedly slept with.—
James Factora,
Them.,
10 Oct. 2025
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The crime thriller debuted its first season in June before wrapping up its 13 episodes in early September following a weekly rollout.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
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Venus is wrapping up in Virgo in your adventure sector, encouraging you to expand through learning, travel, or fresh perspectives.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Summing-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summing-up. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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