SUMMED UP Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

summed up

verb

past tense of sum up

as in summarized

to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report) in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact

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Recent Examples of summed up The whole process, however, was best summed up by Earle’s nine-year-old brother Thomas in the show. — Peter White, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 That sequence in the ninth inning Sunday summed up just about perfectly the Padres’ weekend at Tropicana Field. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 As officers in his proffer interview gave him an inventory of various Crips colleagues who were snitching, on the run from police or already in prison,Davis summed up the reality of gangsta life. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Something Mahomes summed up nicely in 2023, when Bieniemy’s approach was causing a stir with the Commanders in Washington. — Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026 Rock critic Sam Freedman summed up the entire Monmouth run in an article for the Courier-News. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 In his own manner, Ellis may have summed up the disparity between his and Murphy’s sensibilities perfectly. — Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026 Mbappe’s second goal against Sweden summed up their razor-sharp connection, latching on to the end of a clever reverse pass and finishing confidently into the far corner. — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026 The true love/hate relationship of Big Brother summed up right there. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for summed up

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As can best be summarized, the title character Niu Lai is a young calf born to a forest/shifting dreamscape who relies on his mother for protection.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Generic content is more likely to be summarized as common knowledge than cited as evidence of authority.

— Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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Just two years ago, Albemarle outlined $750 million in cost-cutting measures including layoffs and project postponements amid plummeting EV sales.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
The order Graf read from the bench outlined the evidence presented during the hearing, ruling that the prosecution had met the threshold of probable cause and can still pursue the death penalty.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2026