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summarization

American  
[suhm-uh-rahy-zey-shuhn] / ˌsʌm ə raɪˈzeɪ ʃən /
especially British, summarisation

noun

  1. the act or process of providing a summary, a brief restatement of something that captures all its important points.

    In this position you will be responsible for the collection, analysis, interpretation, and summarization of business data.

Etymology

Origin of summarization

summariz(e) ( def. ) + -ation ( def. )

Example Sentences

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“Judicial officers have long been supported by research attorneys and law clerks who assist with summarization, legal research, analysis and drafting assistance,” said Rob Oftring Jr., the court’s chief spokesman.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"A software update in the coming weeks will further clarify when the text being displayed is summarization provided by Apple Intelligence. We encourage users to report a concern if they view an unexpected notification summary."

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025

This work contributes to the future of automated medical summarization, according to Zhang.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024

“One of the things that’s really nice about having humans do the summarization is that you get some sort of basic level of alignment by default,” Aaron Halfaker pointed out to me.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

They saw that a judicial hierarchy would be vain without fixity of laws; and they demanded a summarization of customs and a consolidation of ordinances in a collection placed within reach of all.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Black, Robert

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