as in summary
a short statement of the main points
there's no time to get into all the details, so could you give me a quick summing-up?
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as in summarizing
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact
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Recent Examples of summing-up
Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
What’s fascinating about it is that it’s explicitly offered as a summing-up statement from Godard to the world.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2024
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Maurice Drake, the judge in his trial, also presided over the Bridgewater case, in which he was accused of misdirecting the jury with a biased summing-up.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
What’s fascinating about it is that it’s explicitly offered as a summing-up statement from Godard to the world.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2024
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Typically, the clerk only has to read a short summary of a bill, usually no longer than a few sentences.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Federal Reserve’s quarterly summary of economic projections released Wednesday revealed the median central banker forecast calls for 2.5% core PCE inflation by the end of next year, up from the 2.2% projected in September and still noticeably above the Fed’s 2% goal.Derek Saul, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Robyn included a collage of screenshots from the New York Times article summarizing the ordeal between Blake and Baldoni.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Lively also received online support from her sister, actress Robyn Lively, who shared a collage of screenshots summarizing the conflict between Blake and Baldoni.Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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Multilateral organizations may also need clear protocols outlining who can access confidential materials, under what circumstances, and for how long.Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
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In this respect, the third plenum and the recent liquidity boost missed a trick in not outlining a Keynesian style stimulus for the economy (or even longer-run structural one).Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Summing-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summing-up. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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