RUNDOWNS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

rundowns

noun

plural of rundown

as in summaries

a short statement of the main points a rundown of the suspect's lengthy police record

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Recent Examples of rundowns The Art of Loving conquered the rankings for a month, while Messy peaked in second place on both rundowns. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 After a couple of rundowns, WVU baserunners safely occupied all three bases. — Gary Bedore may 23, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026 Realizing that late-night sketches would no longer be appreciated, Colbert and team winged it — no rundowns, no scripts. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026 Read on as Entertainment Weekly rundowns of what the Sons of Anarchy stars have been up to since the series ended. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026 Carter’s process begins with detailed scene-by-scene rundowns cataloging locations, times of day, characters, props, graphics, and special effects. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025 Meyers is a longtime critic of the president, frequently providing his viewers with satirical rundowns of the latest White House news and the president's actions, including his posts on Truth Social. — Dan Gooding hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

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summaries

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The memo provides a summary of the agreement between Google and Entergy, as well as summaries of testimony provided by Entergy officials in support of the contract.

— Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
Structuring this with clean schema, FAQs and listicles ensures both AI summaries and real searchers choose our client’s sites.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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