as in to summarize
to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
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Retail spending takes a hit Macroeconomic anxiety is also translating directly into more conservative retail spending.
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Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Does that responsibility shape your choices when translating?
—Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 28 May 2026
Why Capable Leaders Pull Back Capability doesn’t always translate to behavior in high-pressure moments.
—Yann Dang, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The city also has foreign language hotlines to help translate emergency calls.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
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Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Does that responsibility shape your choices when translating?
—Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 28 May 2026
Why Capable Leaders Pull Back Capability doesn’t always translate to behavior in high-pressure moments.
—Yann Dang, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The city also has foreign language hotlines to help translate emergency calls.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
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summarize
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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
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