as in summary
a short statement of the main points
I can't read 500 pages by tomorrow, so just give me the roundup
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as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
rounded everyone up for one final training session
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Recent Examples of roundup
Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
Nearly all of the live albums recorded at the 1975 edition were released later that year, and at least half of them could merit inclusion in my roundup of my favorite albums from that year.
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2025
Welcome to Beauty Marks: the first in a new Vogue series rounding up the best in beauty each week.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The machines here differ from the picks in our Best Espresso Machines roundup in a couple of important ways.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
Nearly all of the live albums recorded at the 1975 edition were released later that year, and at least half of them could merit inclusion in my roundup of my favorite albums from that year.
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Verb
Here Scientific American has rounded up photographs that show some of the key aspects of the Los Angeles–area fires.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2025
Welcome to Beauty Marks: the first in a new Vogue series rounding up the best in beauty each week.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
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The minutes of the meeting, which were recorded by Otto Rank, on January 11th, 1911, are essentially a summary of Hilferding's presentation.—
Marcy Thompson,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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My colleagues will go into more detail about the changes, but here is a summary of key headlines: STREAMING CNN Max has been a tremendous resource for us.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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Read more Trump family channels American royalty: Body language experts' verdicts Full list of January 6 prisoners released by Trump Trump to launch executive order blitz on first full day: Live updates Can Trump's External Revenue Service collect money from foreign nations?—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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The letter also stressed to principals that all children in the city have a right to an education regardless of immigration or asylum status and that the system does not collect information about any student’s immigration status.—
Rosa Flores,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Crowds gathered to watch as people competed to resemble some of the most popular celebrities, including Chalamet.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2025
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Because using solar power to heat water is horribly inefficient and conflating it with photovoltaics ignores the difference between gathering thermal energy and the electrochemical processes behind photovoltaics.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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In other countries where RCV is the norm, parties assemble slates of candidates to appeal to different constituencies and knit together a winning coalition.—
Jasmine Gripper,
New York Daily News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Then there’s the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture, and Design, a collection of art from around the world—including Spain, Morocco, Central Asia, India, and parts of Southeast Asia—that was assembled by Doris Duke over the course of 60 years.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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After consuming a lot of excess food or drink, how many toxins does the body accumulate?—
Vicky Vera,
Glamour,
24 Jan. 2025
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In a similar vein, Democrats say Hegseth lacks adequate experience and has accumulated too many damning claims against him.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
23 Jan. 2025
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While all of the development’s dwellings are single-family residences, they are grouped into pods of six, each sharing a courtyard and driveway.—
Caitlin Montoya,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2025
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Carlson is sometimes grouped with artists affiliated with Indigenous Futurisms, a term the Anishinaabe scholar Grace Dillon coined in 2003 to denote artists whose work offers a Native perspective on the future.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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During wildfires, such particles can move via the collapse of sediment chunks that have amassed behind vegetation.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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The video, which has currently amassed more than 7 million views, begins with a clip of the tiny kitten clinging to a tree amidst torrential rain before being rescued.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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But like so many of us who have been corralled by our bosses in the wake of remote work pushback and flimsy DEI pledges, their 9-to-5 iron grip is floundering.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
15 Jan. 2025
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McDaniel, days removed from her best game of the season against Wisconsin, guard corralled a loose ball on defense then darted for the hoop but landed awkwardly after a missed layup on the final play of the opening frame.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2025
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