How to Use summation in a Sentence

summation

noun
  • A summation can be found at the end of the report.
  • We gave a summation of our discovery.
  • The defense attorneys and prosecutors are set to make their final summations today.
  • The summation of the sound: Just wait until the Iron Bowl, Gus!
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The first period against the Jets was a pretty good summation of the state of the Wings.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2019
  • That is a decent summation of the current state of the far right.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The summation is that there have been a dozen excuses to bring out the Duck Boats.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Hard Truths is both a summation of that work and a bold move forward.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2024
  • In Ohtani’s opening act as a Dodger, this is the best summation of how he’s been feeling at the plate.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In summation, Dixon left the program, missed the 2020 season, then came back to the program.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2021
  • And does this series feel like a summation on those themes?
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
  • The summation was that Hamza was welcomed as a guest; and viewed as a victim to U.S. policies.
    Fox News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The game was a summation of Mathias’ four years at Purdue.
    Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2018
  • The quote oft-attributed to Mark Twain is nice summation of the weather there.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 5 July 2021
  • Baltin: In the short summation give me one example of each.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • It’s not meant to be any kind of overall summation of folk music.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • In summation, just five of the 25 players on the Dodgers' World Series roster was drafted by the club.
    Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • That is not quite the same as a show that comes on at bedtime and includes a kind of comic summation of that day's events.
    Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020
  • These pies had to be cooked in one hour and were the summation of all that the students had learned from their pie experiments in the class.
    Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2015
  • That is a quick summation of this spacious and inviting home.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Their newest project is a summation of the group’s career spanning from their roots to now.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2023
  • In Tuesday’s nine innings could be seen a painful summation of the Padres nosedive in 2019.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2019
  • That’s the summation of the universe in which the policies of our government are being made.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Dec. 2017
  • In the end, though, his first, concise answer was the proper summation.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The summation of these memories will create a rich and well-lived life.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Here’s the FiveThirtyEight summation of the problem with this question.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • The 2006 season was an apt summation of Brown’s Bears career.
    Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2019
  • Here's a brief summation for the benefit of those who may not have kept up with the more recent seasons.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024
  • That’s a good summation of not just the spirit in which Fire and Fury was written, but the ethos that has governed Michael Wolff’s career.
    Philip H. Devoe, National Review, 20 Jan. 2018
  • District Attorney Alvin Bragg watched summations from the courtroom’s front row.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024

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