How to Use summation in a Sentence
summation
noun
- A summation can be found at the end of the report.
- We gave a summation of our discovery.
- The defense attorneys and prosecutors are set to make their final summations today.
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The summation of the sound: Just wait until the Iron Bowl, Gus!
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Joseph Goodman | [email protected],
al,
11 Sep. 2019
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The first period against the Jets was a pretty good summation of the state of the Wings.
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Helene St. James,
Detroit Free Press,
11 Dec. 2019
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That is a decent summation of the current state of the far right.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2023
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The summation is that there have been a dozen excuses to bring out the Duck Boats.
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BostonGlobe.com,
27 Dec. 2019
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Hard Truths is both a summation of that work and a bold move forward.
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Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
30 July 2024
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In Ohtani’s opening act as a Dodger, this is the best summation of how he’s been feeling at the plate.
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Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2024
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In summation, Dixon left the program, missed the 2020 season, then came back to the program.
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Josh Newman,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
23 Aug. 2021
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And does this series feel like a summation on those themes?
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
25 July 2022
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The summation was that Hamza was welcomed as a guest; and viewed as a victim to U.S. policies.
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Fox News,
2 Aug. 2019
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The game was a summation of Mathias’ four years at Purdue.
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Gregg Doyel,
Indianapolis Star,
25 Feb. 2018
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The quote oft-attributed to Mark Twain is nice summation of the weather there.
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Forrest Brown,
CNN,
5 July 2021
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Baltin: In the short summation give me one example of each.
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Steve Baltin,
Forbes,
18 Apr. 2021
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It’s not meant to be any kind of overall summation of folk music.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Oct. 2023
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In summation, just five of the 25 players on the Dodgers' World Series roster was drafted by the club.
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Daniel Rapaport,
SI.com,
24 Oct. 2017
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That is not quite the same as a show that comes on at bedtime and includes a kind of comic summation of that day's events.
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Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives,
CNN,
19 Nov. 2020
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These pies had to be cooked in one hour and were the summation of all that the students had learned from their pie experiments in the class.
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Science & Food,
Discover Magazine,
24 Mar. 2015
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That is a quick summation of this spacious and inviting home.
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James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2022
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Their newest project is a summation of the group’s career spanning from their roots to now.
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Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
4 May 2023
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In Tuesday’s nine innings could be seen a painful summation of the Padres nosedive in 2019.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2019
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That’s the summation of the universe in which the policies of our government are being made.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
9 Dec. 2017
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In the end, though, his first, concise answer was the proper summation.
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Adam Himmelsbach,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Nov. 2022
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The summation of these memories will create a rich and well-lived life.
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Annie Lane,
oregonlive,
14 Apr. 2023
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Here’s the FiveThirtyEight summation of the problem with this question.
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Roger Valdez,
Forbes,
5 May 2022
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The 2006 season was an apt summation of Brown’s Bears career.
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Will Larkin,
chicagotribune.com,
9 July 2019
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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,
6 May 2024
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That’s a good summation of not just the spirit in which Fire and Fury was written, but the ethos that has governed Michael Wolff’s career.
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Philip H. Devoe,
National Review,
20 Jan. 2018
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District Attorney Alvin Bragg watched summations from the courtroom’s front row.
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Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2024
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