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adverb

  • Used to introduce a brief statement of the main points of something; in short.

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Brief scenes, written mostly in summary, describe the few, unhappy interactions that Josie has with Martin across the decades as he cycles through more marriages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"The anisotropy makes two-qubit gates possible without the usual trade-off between speed and fidelity," Dr. Kuhlmann says in summary.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

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Possible Synonyms

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  • TL;DR
  • the bottom line is
  • the long and short of it is
  • the gist is

Possible Antonyms

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  • with all the details
  • to spell it all out
  • let me elaborate
  • giving the full story
  • going into the weeds

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