as in sum
a complete amount of something
the summation of climatic conditions that affect plant growth
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Recent Examples of summation
The defense spent four hours the next day presenting their summation, followed by the prosecution rebuttal.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 July 2025
In her nearly five-hour summation Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik struck a much more serious tone.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
Due to the change in schedule, Judge Arun Subramanian is expected to hold a charging conference Wednesday (June 25) followed by summations on Thursday (June 26).
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 23 June 2025
Given the revised schedule, the judge will hold a charging conference Wednesday followed by summations on Thursday.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 June 2025
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 July 2025
In her nearly five-hour summation Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik struck a much more serious tone.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
Due to the change in schedule, Judge Arun Subramanian is expected to hold a charging conference Wednesday (June 25) followed by summations on Thursday (June 26).
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 23 June 2025
Given the revised schedule, the judge will hold a charging conference Wednesday followed by summations on Thursday.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summation
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KPop Demon Hunters’ streaming sum of 109.53 million clicks is the biggest for a soundtrack since Encanto was in its seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (March 5, 2022; with 114.67 million).—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
23 July 2025
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Users spend immense sums on digital items, using Roblox’s proprietary currency, Robux.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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After years of outreach and investment in contracts with cell phone providers, officials have built a database of roughly 1.6 million numbers, covering about 75% of the capital-area population in total.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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The world champions had a total of 22 goal attempts in the game: nine on target, eight off-target and four blocked, plus that Paredes effort that struck the woodwork.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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Be at sea level on the eastern side for 4 minutes, 32 seconds of totality.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
19 July 2025
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Duration of totality: longest near/in Luxor, Egypt — the longest total eclipse on land between 2009 and 2114.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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But on the whole, the app works well, delivers appropriate notifications, and isn't overly complicated.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 July 2025
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To be clear, this is not the whole of Texas, but the local region of the flash flood alley, which has the worst flooding history, not only for Texas, but also for the entire Unites States.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Summation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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