as in summary
a short statement of the main points
what you wrote goes way beyond a summarization of the speech
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Recent Examples of summarization
LLMs have given computers a far deeper understanding of text, allowing for contextual analysis, summarization and decision support directly from document content.
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Adam Goff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
These early uses often involve simple document summarization or interactive chatbot/expert assistant kinds of uses.
—Jeff Catlin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
But the areas that are working, like focused copilots, intelligent workflow automation and data summarization, are already changing how software gets built and used.
—Mofe Blessing-Kayode, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Tasks like data entry, report writing, coordination, and content summarization that have once been integral to entry-level roles are now performed faster and more accurately by AI agents.
—William Jones, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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Adam Goff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
These early uses often involve simple document summarization or interactive chatbot/expert assistant kinds of uses.
—Jeff Catlin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
But the areas that are working, like focused copilots, intelligent workflow automation and data summarization, are already changing how software gets built and used.
—Mofe Blessing-Kayode, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Tasks like data entry, report writing, coordination, and content summarization that have once been integral to entry-level roles are now performed faster and more accurately by AI agents.
—William Jones, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summarization
summary
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
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That includes Call Notes (an automatic summary of your phone call), and support for the Pixel Screenshots app.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
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“Summarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summarization. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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