How to Use summary in a Sentence

summary

1 of 2 adjective
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  • Harris doesn’t recall the best lines and jokes, and the result is a book that can seem more summary than scene.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 9 May 2017
  • The judge did not grant Wesleyan's motion for summary judgment.
    — Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community, 11 May 2017
  • Even a 110-page long summary version is laden with mind-spinning numbers.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 5 June 2019
  • Taken together, Tucker argued that the judge should not have been able to rule on summary judgment in the FTC’s favor.
    — Steve Vockrodt, kansascity, 24 July 2017
  • Had they been caught, the assets would have faced summary execution.
    — Sara Cook, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2019
  • In 2016, Beats prevailed on a motion for summary judgment.
    — Ashley Cullins, Billboard, 23 June 2017
  • The case was closed in January 2016 with the service finding the Marine guilty at summary court-martial of assault and not obeying a lawful order.
    — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 3 May 2017
  • The next major task facing the Style and Drafting Committee will be approving the ballot-title and summary language for each of the dozen measures.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Under the bill, possession of a small amount of marijuana — 30 grams or less — would be a summary offense rather than a misdemeanor.
    — Christina Tatu, Philly.com, 9 May 2018
  • That is summary-talk for birch leaves withering, massive lilac leaf roller attacks, aphid invasions and leaf miners where there are no aphids.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2019
  • While this is disappointing, the burden of proof for granting summary judgment is very high, and our defense is not at all deterred by this result.
    — Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community, 11 May 2017
  • These include a motion by the plaintiffs for class-action certification and motions by both the plaintiffs and the city for summary judgment.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 10 Jan. 2017
  • The board reviews summary inspection reports in closed-door sessions.
    — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2019
  • What’s at issue here is not summary deportation, but basically a return to the status quo ante of 2012.
    — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Mooney granted summary judgment in favor of Experience Hendrix on the cross-complaint and the original suit went to trial.
    — Ashley Cullins, Billboard, 11 May 2017
  • An appeal to the second circuit reversed that decision in 2013, and sent the case back to the bankruptcy court to enter summary judgment on behalf of unsecured creditors.
    — Tiffany Kary, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2017
  • Jews in France were subject to summary arrest; businesses owned by Jews were subject to confiscation, as was the personal property of Jews.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The tremor in his voice is almost enough by itself to convey the song's mixture of disgust and sarcasm, a meditation on economic and racial inequality that should have been the album's summary statement.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The trial court issued an order granting summary judgment to the neighbors and denying the Neuschwanders’ summary judgment motion.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2017
  • As a summary statement, the book, like the show, is a form of punctuation, though, graphically speaking, which one: an exclamation point, a question mark, an ellipsis?
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • A judge granted Novae summary judgment, and Hendricks appealed.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The president’s budget message, top priorities, and summary tables will come March 11.
    — Kate Davidson, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2019
  • State finance officials said anyone can read those summary documents and raise questions themselves.
    — Jason Pohl, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2019
  • The government’s motion for summary judgment was argued in February 2017.
    — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 6 July 2017
  • The secretary of state’s office then certifies the official ballot title for the petition, which consists of the ballot summary language and the auditor’s summary of its fiscal impact.
    — Jason Hancock, kansascity, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Like Alcohol Amendment turned in the petition summary language and an initial 1,000 signatures to the Ohio attorney general on Monday.
    — Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, 2 Mar. 2020
  • One promising approach is summary fact-checking — an increasingly popular format that presents an overview of fact-checking ratings for a politician.
    — Brendan Nyhan, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
  • There is also summary information about the journal’s authors—tables group them by country and institution.
    — Matt Warren, Science | AAAS, 27 June 2018
  • The finding followed two separate internal affairs inquiries, according to the board’s summary report.
    — oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Gaine, however, asserted that the bylaws effectively grant the finance committee the power to cast the final votes on budget, personnel, and policy matters so long as those actions are reported to the full board in at least summary fashion.
    — Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2019
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summary

2 of 2 noun
  • They gave a summary of their progress in building the bridge.
  • He concluded the report with a brief summary.
  • Here is a summary of key events in the rise of Novo Nordisk.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Still, the summary language is sure to sway some people at the polls.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The first paragraph in the summary of the case really spells it all out.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • After a moment, the summary will appear at the top of your screen in a black box.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Ashcroft was charged with writing summaries to appear on the ballot.
    — Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
  • For those unable to listen, what follows is a summary of what Musk said.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023
  • Honestly, that might be worth it: The quality of its summaries are much better than Google’s.
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In addition, the book also has a glossary at the end, which includes a summary of each of the books depicted.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Sign up Get the Daily Afternoon Bulletin with a quick summary of the days biggest news at 4 p.m.
    — Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Below is a summary of this year’s ten zany, but award-winning, research projects.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The summary of events did not please Oceanside Councilmember Ryan Keim.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Craft a book summary along with questions to drive positive change.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Here is a simplified summary: Soak rice in hot water to soften it.
    — Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Palmer also did not dispute a summary of the call, according to the newspaper.
    — John Santucci, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Compared to the nuance of the real lives surveyed by Suh and her producers, such summaries can be reductive.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 May 2023
  • Watch a summary of his presentation below, and don’t miss the video of his interview on The Icon Q&A panel above.
    — Luisa Calle, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Then there is a brief summary of the discipline history, which can include whether the person paid fines.
    — Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The thread summary can reduce a long back-and-forth conversation to a simple paragraph.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But this film is a slightly slipperier customer than a topline summary would suggest, with tonal shifts that shouldn’t work, but somehow do.
    — Catherine Bray, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
  • After taking lamps, video-cassette recorders, cash and jewelry, Gaskins left the home and went to the home of Joseph and Mary Rector, according to the summary.
    — Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The encounter was captured on video by Hambright’s body camera and by in-store surveillance cameras, the summary said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
  • Ohio law gave the state ballot board, chaired by Secretary of State LaRose, the authority to write and approve the summary that voters would see on the ballot.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The summary does not provide evidence to support its claims.
    — Alex Marquardt, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And apart from during the coronavirus pandemic when the court was closed, the justices almost always read summaries of their opinions in the courtroom.
    — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Yost said that a certification of the summary is being sent to the Secretary of State’s Office.
    — Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • But for the time-crunched, here’s my summary: AI has enormous potential to transform business and society, but don’t expect a straight-line climb to the sky.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Advertisement For my weekly summary of top stories from around the West, just scroll down.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Any novel balances summary and scene, telling and showing, but this is a novel largely of telling, because there is much to impart.
    — Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023

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