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summarization

noun

ˌsə-mə-rə-ˈzā-shən

Definition of summarization

as in summary

a short statement of the main points what you wrote goes way beyond a summarization of the speech

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Recent Examples of summarization Organizations should actively manage context through summarization, relevance filtering, configurable history and selective memory retrieval. — Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Its audio and video tools include text-to-speech, transcription, music generation, voice cloning, text-to-video, image-to-video, captions, and YouTube transcription and summarization. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026 The Times is playing catch-up to search and summarization tools that have become a common feature of many websites, apps, inboxes, and even other news media organizations. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for summarization

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summary

Noun

Chatbots can also explain complex topics in new ways and condense an overwhelming amount of information into a simple summary.

— Robin Brewer, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Insiders cited broad industry-wide online traffic problems plaguing numerous online publishers, including Meta’s decision to deprioritize links to news articles and the rise of chatbots and AI summaries, which have decimated search traffic.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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