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 Interconnected Causes Of Managerial Obsolescence To summarize, the principal interconnected reasons why firms and their managers are becoming obsolete are:
Wrong mindset: making profits for themselves, not creating value for others.
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The monthly jobs report, the first major economic record released to summarize the month prior, relies on two separate surveys, the Current Employment Statistics program and the Current Population Survey.
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Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The narrative might be summarized like this: supernatural Taylor Swift-type kills evil spirits while struggling with her own inner demons.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
The monthly jobs report, the first major economic record released to summarize the month prior, relies on two separate surveys, the Current Employment Statistics program and the Current Population Survey.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Doximity already has a free AI product, Doximity GPT, that doctors can use to generate insurance letters and summarize patient charts and reports.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Summarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summarize. Accessed 23 Aug. 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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