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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summing-up
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Officers were dispatched to Mahomes' house in Belton, Missouri, roughly 28 miles south of Kansas City, shortly after midnight Oct. 6, an incident summary from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office shows.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Now, Cook, 64, relies on summaries from Apple Intelligence, the tech giant’s newest AI offering.Morgan Smith, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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The fulfillment of orders is directly linked to the performance score of suppliers, with the score summarizing the supplier’s performance across multiple categories, including environmental and social measures, quality, price and delivery.Hakan Karaosman, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2024
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This time is used to capture data from various systems—payments, address and card verification, authentication, trend line review, mapping against the business rules and policies, as well as summarizing to provide a clear resolution communication.Balmukund Shukla, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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On Berger's desk is a poster of sketches and notes outlining every era designed by one of her precocious granddaughters.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Nair is perpetuating his goal via simple designs with complex manufacturing processes, as proved in new, all-black versions of the Diane handbags with neon detailing on a metallic hardware outlining the style’s minimal shape.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Summing-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summing-up. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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