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
Here's a brief summation for the benefit of those who may not have kept up with the more recent seasons.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 July 2024
Just to make up an example, suppose the lawyer was paid $50 an hour for jury selection and $200 an hour to prepare a final summation of your case to the jury.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Instead of digging in, Murphy and Brennan lean on the cycles of abuse to account for everything — a valid reason to be sure, but one that’s just kind of tossed in, like a lazy summation by a prosecutor bored with their own case.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
That’s not an entirely inaccurate summation of how people behaved.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 July 2024
Just to make up an example, suppose the lawyer was paid $50 an hour for jury selection and $200 an hour to prepare a final summation of your case to the jury.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Instead of digging in, Murphy and Brennan lean on the cycles of abuse to account for everything — a valid reason to be sure, but one that’s just kind of tossed in, like a lazy summation by a prosecutor bored with their own case.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
That’s not an entirely inaccurate summation of how people behaved.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summation
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The complaint does not make clear what happened to the remaining sum of $50,000 that was allegedly paid by GMUF to the VII Group.Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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In sum, legacy game performance was still a bit lackluster, overall; anyone wanting to play these games would probably be better off buying an older graphics card.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024
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Throughout December, the city usually receives a total of 4.3 inches of rain, Hrencecin said.Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The company remains committed to closing a total of 150 underperforming locations by the end of the 2026.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
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Once operational next year, the satellites will orbit Earth in an intricate dance, creating artificial eclipses that will last up to six hours—far longer than the mere moments of totality offered by a natural solar eclipse.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Quantum particles, for example, reveal something of this whole, atoms built from quantum particles reveal more, and molecular structures reveal even more of this quantum-level totality.Pravir Malik, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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And on the whole, the offense has been the thing that’s mostly worked for this team through 21 games.Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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On the whole, this impacts the bottom line substantially.Paul J. Noble, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Summation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summation. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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