summarize
verb
sum·ma·rize
ˈsə-mə-ˌrīz 
summarized; summarizing
: to tell in or reduce to a summary
: to make a summary
summarizer
noun
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Examples of summarize in a Sentence
I would like to take a moment to summarize the facts that I presented earlier.
He summarized by saying we needed better planning and implementation.
To summarize, we need better schools.
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Other news organizations such as the New York Times and Sky News had stories incorrectly summarized.
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David Phelan, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
This content was summarized by generative artificial intelligence using public filings retrieved from SEC.gov.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 17 Jan. 2025
The tech giant was facing mounting criticism over its Apple Intelligence service with complaints from the likes of the BBC, American journalists and news organizations over news alerts that appeared to come from these organizations and were either wrong or poorly summarized.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
On another occasion, three New York Times articles were also summarized in a single push notification, falsely stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested.
—Liam Reilly, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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David Phelan, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
This content was summarized by generative artificial intelligence using public filings retrieved from SEC.gov.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 17 Jan. 2025
The tech giant was facing mounting criticism over its Apple Intelligence service with complaints from the likes of the BBC, American journalists and news organizations over news alerts that appeared to come from these organizations and were either wrong or poorly summarized.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
On another occasion, three New York Times articles were also summarized in a single push notification, falsely stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested.
—Liam Reilly, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Summarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summarize. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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summarize
verb
sum·ma·rize
ˈsəm-ə-ˌrīz
summarized; summarizing
1
: to tell in or reduce to a summary
2
: to make a summary
summarizer
noun
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