"summing-up" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1830 December 9, The Bath Chronicle, volume 73, number 3571, Bath: […] H. E. Carrington, […], front page, column 2:",
          "text": "There and then, have I often heard,[…], above all, (nam supereminet omnes) the calm, dignified, and elegant summings-up, of Lord Mansfield: delivered in “silver tones,” that / “Rose like a steam of rich distill’d perfumes, / And stole upon the air.” / which were heard with a silence “still as death;” and never failed to fascinate, though they might not always convince.",
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          "ref": "1904, Carolyn Wells, “The Decision”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 18:",
          "text": "“[…] And now, having convinced you all to my way of thinking, I will leave the case in the hands of our wise and competent judge.” / “Wait,” said Uncle Charley; “I believe the captains are usually allowed a sort of summing-up speech, are they not?” / “They are in this case, anyway,” said Patty. “Mr. Elliott will please go ahead with his summing-up.”",
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          "ref": "1973, David Bordwell, “The Dual Cinematic Tradition in Citizen Kane”, in Stanley J. Solomon, editor, The Classic Cinema: Essays in Criticism, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., →ISBN, page 185:",
          "text": "The film’s complexity arises from the narrators’ conflicting judgments, their summing-ups of Kane.",
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          "ref": "1985, John Michel Gibb, “Summing-up”, in John Michel Gibb, editor, Science Parks and Innovation Centres: Their Economic and Social Impact: Proceedings of the Conference Held in Berlin 13–15 February 1985, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 302:",
          "text": "I will not attempt to sum up their summing-ups, but will nevertheless hazard certain conclusions - necessarily of a somewhat subjective nature.",
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          "ref": "1995 October 25, Ying Hui Tan, “Directions on defendant’s silence at trial”, in Independent, number 2,814, page 16, column 8:",
          "text": "In the first two appeals the judges had to cope with the new provisions without guidance. Their summing-ups were defective and the appeals must be allowed.",
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          "ref": "2005, Colin Fisher, “Performance management and performing management”, in John Leopold, Lynette Harris, Tony Watson, editors, The Strategic Managing of Human Resources, Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 178:",
          "text": "But who should judge the judges? (other judges probably), should their judgements be appraised? (probably not) and should the durations of their summing-ups be measured? (also probably not).",
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          "ref": "2012 September 16, Ty Burr, “Not fade away? All stars die, but their stardom can be a different story”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 282, number 78, Boston, Mass., page N10, columns 1–2:",
          "text": "The obituaries and public conversations surrounding timely movie star deaths work as summings-up, final assessments of worth before the dirt hits the cultural coffin lid.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 9, Christopher Arnott, “Dark Side of the Moon”, in New Haven Advocate, Hartford, Conn.: The Hartford Courant Company, LLC, page 96, column 2:",
          "text": "“Everybody is lonely because you’re meant to be alone” is one of the many lamentable summings-up in this distressing chronicle of poor Elvira’s final days.",
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          "ref": "1830 December 9, The Bath Chronicle, volume 73, number 3571, Bath: […] H. E. Carrington, […], front page, column 2:",
          "text": "There and then, have I often heard,[…], above all, (nam supereminet omnes) the calm, dignified, and elegant summings-up, of Lord Mansfield: delivered in “silver tones,” that / “Rose like a steam of rich distill’d perfumes, / And stole upon the air.” / which were heard with a silence “still as death;” and never failed to fascinate, though they might not always convince.",
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          "ref": "1904, Carolyn Wells, “The Decision”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 18:",
          "text": "“[…] And now, having convinced you all to my way of thinking, I will leave the case in the hands of our wise and competent judge.” / “Wait,” said Uncle Charley; “I believe the captains are usually allowed a sort of summing-up speech, are they not?” / “They are in this case, anyway,” said Patty. “Mr. Elliott will please go ahead with his summing-up.”",
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          "ref": "1973, David Bordwell, “The Dual Cinematic Tradition in Citizen Kane”, in Stanley J. Solomon, editor, The Classic Cinema: Essays in Criticism, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., →ISBN, page 185:",
          "text": "The film’s complexity arises from the narrators’ conflicting judgments, their summing-ups of Kane.",
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          "ref": "1985, John Michel Gibb, “Summing-up”, in John Michel Gibb, editor, Science Parks and Innovation Centres: Their Economic and Social Impact: Proceedings of the Conference Held in Berlin 13–15 February 1985, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 302:",
          "text": "I will not attempt to sum up their summing-ups, but will nevertheless hazard certain conclusions - necessarily of a somewhat subjective nature.",
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        {
          "ref": "1995 October 25, Ying Hui Tan, “Directions on defendant’s silence at trial”, in Independent, number 2,814, page 16, column 8:",
          "text": "In the first two appeals the judges had to cope with the new provisions without guidance. Their summing-ups were defective and the appeals must be allowed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Colin Fisher, “Performance management and performing management”, in John Leopold, Lynette Harris, Tony Watson, editors, The Strategic Managing of Human Resources, Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 178:",
          "text": "But who should judge the judges? (other judges probably), should their judgements be appraised? (probably not) and should the durations of their summing-ups be measured? (also probably not).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 September 16, Ty Burr, “Not fade away? All stars die, but their stardom can be a different story”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 282, number 78, Boston, Mass., page N10, columns 1–2:",
          "text": "The obituaries and public conversations surrounding timely movie star deaths work as summings-up, final assessments of worth before the dirt hits the cultural coffin lid.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2013 May 9, Christopher Arnott, “Dark Side of the Moon”, in New Haven Advocate, Hartford, Conn.: The Hartford Courant Company, LLC, page 96, column 2:",
          "text": "“Everybody is lonely because you’re meant to be alone” is one of the many lamentable summings-up in this distressing chronicle of poor Elvira’s final days.",
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        }
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