summaries

noun

plural of summary
as in outlines
a short statement of the main points many book reports choose to begin with a summary of the book

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Recent Examples of summaries Their seconds-long spiels have touched on topical news instead, providing brief summaries of subjects like the protests in Europe and the war in Ukraine, as if long-form journalism is incomplete without a quick nod to the daily headlines. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026 With a Bee Pro subscription, which costs $12 per month, users can get unlimited conversation summaries and daily memories as well as integrations with Amazon's webstore, its Alexa+ AI assistant and third-party apps. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The rollout includes Genmoji, notification summaries, Writing Tools, and the Clean Up photo-editing tool. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 With cross-platform lock support via Aliro, dual-camera coverage for package tracking, and practical Siri AI video summaries, the new Apple Home Collection shows genuine promise. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 Brands have little to no data about their products outside of returns, reviews, and high-level quality summaries from the factory. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 Why the grant assumption carries risks Budget summaries from the Department of Finance, the State Superintendent’s office, the Assembly and the Senate all describe the block grant as one-time funding. — Chaewon Chung updated October 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Apple says those options can include visual search, questions about the screen, text summaries, Read Aloud and actions such as adding an event to Calendar. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 But detailed summaries of the punishments obtained by The New York Times provide the first look at how Cornell administrators apportioned blame for the alcohol and drug-fueled gathering that the woman has said left her shattered and degraded. — Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summaries
  1. outlines
  2. digests
  3. briefs
  4. inventories
  5. sums
  6. synopses
Noun
  • City outlines planned safety improvements In a statement following the latest crash, the City of Modesto pointed to ongoing efforts to improve road safety.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • These are perfect negatives of the original objects, sometimes so detailed that the outlines of wood cells are visible under a microscope.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • This is because the fermentation process involved in making sourdough bread pre-digests, or breaks down, some of the wheat components—including gluten.
    — Christina Manian, Health, 29 May 2026
  • Momentum is firm and trending higher even as the price digests.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of digests
Noun
  • Both local governments filed their briefs to the Supreme Court this week, emphasizing their arguments that the bans are lawful because the AR-15 and similar weapons are not ordinary firearms.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Their briefs include screengrabs of social media posts showing armed Homeland Security Investigations agents approaching houses to ask if residents have registered illegally to vote.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of briefs
Noun
  • The framework Jalan laid out starts with the traditional discipline of planning buffer inventories around important and high-risk SKUs, which limits stockout risk without loading the business with redundancy costs.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Governments are pushing defense manufacturers to replenish inventories, modernize capabilities and accelerate deliveries.
    — Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • SpaceX is seeking to raise an extra $40 billion in debt to help fund the campaign, but even fans on Wall Street question how SpaceX will raise the massive sums required.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • United Democracy Project will continue operating, according to the letter, preserving AIPAC's ability to raise unlimited sums for independent political spending even as the group ends candidate endorsements, direct PAC contributions and earmarking.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of sums
Noun
  • See the full list of additions to Rooftop’s summer film series below, with all synopses provided by Rooftop.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
  • See full details, including Denver Film synopses and each show’s openers, below.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of synopses

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