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summing-up
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After a rather unnecessarily long and elaborate trial, Justice Day's summing-up was refreshingly brief.
▪ In his summing-up, the judge said it was for the jury to decide if Christopher How had been dishonest.
▪ It took fifteen days to try: the summing-up lasted for a day: the jury returned thirteen special verdicts.
▪ Moreover both counsel would shortly before the summing-up have reminded the jury of the burden of proof.
▪ She had been right in her summing-up of him.
▪ That number was the final summing-up.
▪ The year-end ones were the worst, heavy with the finality of a judicial summing-up.
▪ There was truth in his harsh summing-up.

Usage examples of "summing-up".

The nonacceptance lay in his quick look from side to side as he entered, a quick summing-up of the enemies present.

There was an early vote on the new 'American' planet proposal, and I've been scheduled for two weeks to do the summing-up speech in favor.