as in summary
a short statement of the main points
what you wrote goes way beyond a summarization of the speech
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Recent Examples of summarization
Additionally, legal and financial industries are using AI for document comparisons, summarization, and insights.
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Abhi Shimpi, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
These Large Language Models have become essential, trained to predict the next best word in a sentence, enabling smooth text generation and summarization.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The document contains hidden instructions that manipulate the summarization process.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
This could be anything from entity extraction, question answering, or text summarization to more complex tasks like code generation or creative writing.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Abhi Shimpi, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
These Large Language Models have become essential, trained to predict the next best word in a sentence, enabling smooth text generation and summarization.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The document contains hidden instructions that manipulate the summarization process.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
This could be anything from entity extraction, question answering, or text summarization to more complex tasks like code generation or creative writing.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summarization
summary
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Stay up-to-date with Colorado Politics by signing up for our weekly newsletter, The Spot. Updated 11:30 a.m. June 3, 2025: Because the bill’s summary was not updated to reflect legislative changes, this story originally misreported the final language of House Bill 1146.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
3 June 2025
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This was the 21st flight for the first stage, including 13 prior Starlink missions, according to a flight summary on SpaceX's website.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
3 June 2025
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“Summarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summarization. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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