summarize
verb (used with object)
to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
had summarized
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past perfectof summarize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was the first time she had summarized an opinion from the bench.
From New York Times β Jan. 23, 2023
The committee’s staff had summarized the evidence against the President in several dozen thick black notebooks.
From The New Yorker β Dec. 2, 2019
In the recording, James is at first solicitous, telling the family she found the girl’s story — which her mother had summarized in an email to the principal earlier that day — “very disturbing.”
From Washington Post β Sep. 26, 2018
Unlike those other tweets, however, @TEN_GOP had summarized that point neatly—even cleverly—and had found a lot of support, or so it seemed.
From Slate β Mar. 19, 2018
Only a young Englishman, Edward Lee, who was studying Greek at Louvain, had summarized a number of criticisms into ten conclusions.
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
