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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of summarize.

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Examples

  • The title summarizes the premise, which is that while Obama has reasons to court Muslims he is endangering or threatening Israel in order to do it.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Stephen Retherford 2009

  • The title summarizes the premise, which is that while Obama has reasons to court Muslims he is endangering or threatening Israel in order to do it.

    Israel's interest in leaving the West Bank Stephen Retherford 2009

  • By strict derivation, and in wise application, the term summarizes the ancient retribution of like for like, -- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; and to destroy three villages for one, as was done in retort for the burning of

    Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 2 1877

  • The title summarizes exactly what the Indian government wants.

    Slashdot 2010

  • There is a parallel to this in language, when a new term summarizes some complicated group of thoughts and becomes a new part of the vocabulary.

    The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009

  • The embedded links to Nieman Watchdog are worth a look, although Froomkin summarizes the major points well.

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Things Will Burn 2010

  • In "Marxism and the National Question," Stalin summarizes these as such: "A nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of common language, territory, economic life and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture."

    Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

  • Martin summarizes the book accurately: "Blood Done Sign My Name" is a careful and sensitive retelling of Oxford, North Carolina's encounters with some of the worst events in the struggle for civil rights in the 1960s and early 1970s.

    Is That Legal?: Race Archives 2007

  • That, in short, summarizes the considerable charms of the biggest U.S. drug-store chain.

    CVS Caremark Stores Fill a Prescription for Profits 2009

  • The phrase summarizes the principles that, under a communist system, every person should contribute to society to the best of their ability and consume from society in proportion to their needs, regardless of how much they have contributed.

    The Big Picture 2008

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