summarize
verb
sum·ma·rize
ˈsə-mə-ˌrīz 
summarized; summarizing
: to tell in or reduce to a summary
: to make a summary
summarizer
noun
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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The National Climate Assessment is a major publication produced every four years that summarizes the impacts of climate change in the U.S., and it is congressionally mandated under the Global Change Research Act of 1990.
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The results are summarized in a report released last month.
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The Atlanta Falcons also issued a statement, summarizing the situation and adding more context.
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Tracy J. Wholf, CBS News, 2 May 2025
The results are summarized in a report released last month.
—Jeff Opperman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The Atlanta Falcons also issued a statement, summarizing the situation and adding more context.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Kirby offered me a hypothetical: One person may give an AI tool a few bullet points to turn into a lengthy, professional-sounding email, only for the recipient to immediately use another tool to summarize the prose before reading.
—Victoria Turk, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for summarize
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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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