summary
noun
a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
summaries
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pluralof summary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Interruptions are an indication that you’re winning,” said Tarlov, evoking the pithy chapter summaries in “I Disagree.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
But it was not included in the office's summaries documenting Bayoumi's extremist connections.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Now, with AI summaries and LLMs, Baden and her colleagues have to be creative with how they write updates to this map to ensure LLMs aggregate the information accurately.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
That’s a passive-aggressive approach that looks like this: sending the boss updates every 30 minutes, asking questions you already know the answer to and emailing summaries of every minor meeting or interaction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
None of them was written by Peregrin, but he and his successors collected many manuscripts written by scribes of Gondor: mainly copies or summaries of histories or legends relating to Elendil and his heirs.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
