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summarizes

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present tense third-person singular of summarize

as in outlines

to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report) the closing minute of the newscast summarizes the main story of the day

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Recent Examples of summarizes For the past two years, most of healthcare's AI conversation has centered on the co-pilot—a smart assistant that drafts a note, summarizes a chart or answers a question while a human stays firmly in the driver's seat. — Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 In many cases, user behavior may be influenced by whether a source is cited, if a brand is mentioned, or if an answer summarizes the topic accurately. — Matthew Kayser, IndyStar, 23 July 2026 The Downshift summarizes news items in a few sentences, with links to other sites to get the deeper story. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 9 July 2026 That trifecta, along with an overwhelming sense of gratitude emanating from the stage at Wolf Trap Filene Center June 30, summarizes The Generations Tour. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 July 2026 That pretty much summarizes the film’s plot. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026 The slow pace is due to a law that requires each ballot and each tally sheet, which summarizes the votes from each polling station, to be taken to one of more than 100 offices to be counted. — ABC News, 9 June 2026 The slow counting pace is due to a law that requires each ballot and each tally sheet, which summarizes the votes from each polling station, to be taken to one of more than 100 offices to be tallied. — Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 Among those records was the Board of Nursing order, which summarizes a state investigation into nurse anesthetist John Stevenson, who settled the case against him by signing the document in November. — Brett Kelman, CBS News, 1 June 2026

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However, the order also outlines administrative steps that must occur first.

— Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
The rewards Gates, ever the optimist, also outlines some major boons the technology holds.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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In Practical Magic 2, Channing reprises her role as Aunt Frances Owens.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Aug. 2026
Pitt reprises his role as stunt double Booth from the 2019 Sony Pictures hit that Tarantino wrote and directed, with Leonardo DiCaprio co-starring in that one as Western icon Rick Dalton.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

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