summarize
verb (used with object)
to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
were summarizing
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past progressiveof summarize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were summarizing the findings of an annual report on U.S. student debt, which exceeds $1.7 trillion in total.
From Washington Post β Aug. 9, 2022
At one point during that excruciating episode, we were summarizing for him what one of our sources had said.
From Washington Post
