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.
• The summation of the sound: Just wait until the Iron Bowl, Gus!
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2019
• 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
• That is a decent summation of the current state of the far right.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
• The summation is that there have been a dozen excuses to bring out the Duck Boats.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2019
• Hard Truths is both a summation of that work and a bold move forward.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2024
• In Ohtani’s opening act as a Dodger, this is the best summation of how he’s been feeling at the plate.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• In summation, Dixon left the program, missed the 2020 season, then came back to the program.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2021
• And does this series feel like a summation on those themes?
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
• The summation was that Hamza was welcomed as a guest; and viewed as a victim to U.S. policies.
  — Fox News, 2 Aug. 2019
• The game was a summation of Mathias’ four years at Purdue.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2018
• The quote oft-attributed to Mark Twain is nice summation of the weather there.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 5 July 2021
• Baltin: In the short summation give me one example of each.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
• It’s not meant to be any kind of overall summation of folk music.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
• In summation, just five of the 25 players on the Dodgers' World Series roster was drafted by the club.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• 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
• 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
• That is a quick summation of this spacious and inviting home.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2022
• Their newest project is a summation of the group’s career spanning from their roots to now.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2023
• In Tuesday’s nine innings could be seen a painful summation of the Padres nosedive in 2019.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2019
• That’s the summation of the universe in which the policies of our government are being made.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Dec. 2017
• In the end, though, his first, concise answer was the proper summation.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2022
• The summation of these memories will create a rich and well-lived life.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2023
• Here’s the FiveThirtyEight summation of the problem with this question.
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• The 2006 season was an apt summation of Brown’s Bears career.
  — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2019
• 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
• That’s a good summation of not just the spirit in which Fire and Fury was written, but the ethos that has governed Michael Wolff’s career.
  — Philip H. Devoe, National Review, 20 Jan. 2018
• The prosecution wrapped up their summation earlier in the day.
  — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024