How to Use summation in a Sentence

summation

noun
  • A summation can be found at the end of the report.
  • We gave a summation of our discovery.
  • The defense attorneys and prosecutors are set to make their final summations today.
  • That is a decent summation of the current state of the far right.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Hard Truths is both a summation of that work and a bold move forward.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2024
  • It’s not meant to be any kind of overall summation of folk music.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • That is a quick summation of this spacious and inviting home.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2022
  • John wasn’t entirely wrong in his summation of the show.
    — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
  • The summation of these memories will create a rich and well-lived life.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2023
  • This summation is much more cursory than the others on this list.
    — Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Their newest project is a summation of the group’s career spanning from their roots to now.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2023
  • If the title sounds like a summation, a wrapping up, think of it more as a jumping-off point.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
  • That summation could serve as a microcosm of their season as well.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There's a lot more plot, but that's the easiest summation for this purpose.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2022
  • In the end, though, his first, concise answer was the proper summation.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Game 5 was the summation of his work in the dunker spot with his instinctive cutting.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • That is not quite the same as a show that comes on at bedtime and includes a kind of comic summation of that day's events.
    — Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Here's a brief summation for the benefit of those who may not have kept up with the more recent seasons.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 July 2024
  • Here's a brief summation for the benefit of those who may not have kept up with the more recent seasons.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024
  • Here’s a good summation of the pettiness.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • So take this summation of his headline-making missives with the proper grain of salt.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 23 July 2019
  • The summation is that there have been a dozen excuses to bring out the Duck Boats.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Assange listened silently to the judge's summation, wearing a blue suit and gray face mask.
    — NBC News, 4 Jan. 2021
  • That’s more or less the perfect summation, the perfect comment on the comment.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Guare’s pithy summation of his findings stuck … to Kevin Bacon.
    — Thomas MacMillan, The Cut, 14 Mar. 2018
  • That’s the summation of the universe in which the policies of our government are being made.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Dec. 2017
  • These pies had to be cooked in one hour and were the summation of all that the students had learned from their pie experiments in the class.
    — Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2015
  • The first period against the Jets was a pretty good summation of the state of the Wings.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The quote oft-attributed to Mark Twain is nice summation of the weather there.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 5 July 2021
  • This may feel a bit too much of a pat summation, especially with the better song preceding it.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 29 June 2026

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