How to Use summarize in a Sentence

summarize

verb
  • To summarize, we need better schools.
  • I would like to take a moment to summarize the facts that I presented earlier.
  • He summarized by saying we needed better planning and implementation.
  • Each summarizes one 7-day stretch from the past two years.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
  • To summarize Caleb Williams is on the verge of winning a Heisman.
    Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Here's what to look out for, with points summarizing what to know.
    Tyler Bartlam, NPR, 13 May 2024
  • The book then summarizes and extends the project’s findings.
    Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Porzingis was asked to summarize his time in Dallas and the way things ended.
    Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Each side will have two hours to summarize their case in a trial that has stretched on for six weeks.
    Editors, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
  • Star Tribune and the LA Times summarize the crazy extremes around the planet: ...
    Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
  • The Franken-bot did a decent job summarizing the book and its themes.
    WIRED, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Some will summarize a long email in your inbox or even a thread.
    WIRED, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the scams follow the same template—to the point that the DOJ has created a flier to summarize it.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 4 June 2021
  • The multiple threats posed are summarized at the end of this briefing.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Still, to summarize the vibe so succinctly would be to miss the finer points.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The 63-year-old star's resume is too lengthy and diverse to summarize.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • And if big chunks of the web were to vanish altogether, what would be left for the A.I. to summarize?
    Kevin Roose, New York Times, 14 May 2024
  • Now, users can ask the bot to search through their emails, summarizing them and pulling out the most important points.
    Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Grande then tried to summarize what went awry in the interview.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • To summarize the many, many replies: Not so great, Elmo!
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The whole saga was summarized well in this local TV news package.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Please summarize the main lines of your selection this year.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 Oct. 2022
  • When the epilogue to the story of 2020 is written, the final words used to summarize this year will be that nothing made sense.
    Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Yeah, so the benefit is that the doctor doesn't have to spend as much time typing in the notes and then summarizing them.
    Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
  • Here are some of the factors to summarize in the inventory: · Name and date of the trust document.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • The way many of those people were discovered was summarized in the data.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • When there is text, users will have options to rewrite or summarize the text, conduct a web search or send an email.
    Ina Fried, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Don’t recite or summarize in the minutes what was said in open forum.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2020
  • My response: His gripe could be summarized as: What's better than nine bids?
    Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • After my responses, summarize the business model that best aligns with my answers and suggest what this means for my target audience.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024

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