in summary
idiom
: as a brief statement of the most important information in a piece of writing or speech
In summary, we need to take better care of the poor in our city.
Examples of in summary in a Sentence
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So in summary, Google’s new control for publishers has belatedly fixed one of the issues with the unpaid incorporation of news articles into its AI training material, but the overall legality of this practice under EU copyright law remains an open question.
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David Meyer, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Barrett in particular has been sensitive to criticisms that the Court decides too many portentous questions in summary fashion without full briefing and argument.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
This publication contains information in summary form and is therefore intended for general guidance only.
—Quartz Creative For Ey-Parthenon, Quartz, 15 May 2023
The production’s last minutes are abrupt, glossing over the last act of the tale in summary.
—New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021
This publication contains information in summary form and is therefore intended for general guidance only.
—Quartz Creative For Ey-Parthenon, Quartz, 15 May 2023
Until the late summer, the data on thoserecords had been released in summary form by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which collects death certificates from county medical examiner’s offices during states of emergency.
—David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Dec. 2020
Yet what sounds in summary like a grim slog through private obsession is distinguished by bleak humor, remarkably vivid dialogue and flint-sharp prose.
—Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
And because Nielsen’s firsthand testimony raised questions about whether the church misrepresented its use of tithing, the district judge was wrong to side against Huntsman in summary judgment.
—Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
David Meyer, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Barrett in particular has been sensitive to criticisms that the Court decides too many portentous questions in summary fashion without full briefing and argument.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
This publication contains information in summary form and is therefore intended for general guidance only.
—Quartz Creative For Ey-Parthenon, Quartz, 15 May 2023
The production’s last minutes are abrupt, glossing over the last act of the tale in summary.
—New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021
This publication contains information in summary form and is therefore intended for general guidance only.
—Quartz Creative For Ey-Parthenon, Quartz, 15 May 2023
Until the late summer, the data on thoserecords had been released in summary form by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which collects death certificates from county medical examiner’s offices during states of emergency.
—David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Dec. 2020
Yet what sounds in summary like a grim slog through private obsession is distinguished by bleak humor, remarkably vivid dialogue and flint-sharp prose.
—Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
And because Nielsen’s firsthand testimony raised questions about whether the church misrepresented its use of tithing, the district judge was wrong to side against Huntsman in summary judgment.
—Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
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