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 photos went viral and inspired memes, with social media users joking that Affleck's exasperated expression summed up the frustrations of 2020. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Perhaps no Georgia player has ever succinctly summed up Gunner Stockton better than defensive lineman Jordan Hall. — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Like ugly bookends, two first-inning touchdowns summed up the Rockies’ main issue this season. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2026 The consensus might be summed up by New York adviser Aileen Agopian, who conveyed a mixed message, talking to ARTnews by phone. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Brighton’s winner summed up a listless defensive display, with Fabian Hurzeler’s side starting in their own third and cutting through United with four simple passes before De Cuyper applied the finish in the box. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 It could be summed up succinctly as The Notebook meets Eat Pray Love, but Morrison and Julia Cox’s (Nyad) screenplay give it its own alternating rhythms. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026 Niccol further summed up his two years as CEO in a letter to employees on Thursday. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026 Smith summed up the enduring appeal of the story during a PaleyFest event in April at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

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The note summarized a cybercrime campaign in which three open-source AI agents allegedly worked together to breach at least 27 organizations and take more than 600,000 credit card records from two of them.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Each story gets summarized into a sentence or two accompanied by a link to the source for those seeking more information.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026

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In his annual threat update at MI5 headquarters in London, Sir Ken McCallum outlined the growing challenges facing the country, from hostile foreign governments and terrorism to the potential misuse of AI.

— Tucker Reals, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Last month, Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok even outlined a possible bank run scenario caused by AI.

— Hugh Son,Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026