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"summary" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often overview (8 letters).
Definitions
briefly giving the gist of something
Word origin
From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonym: abstractive”
“A summary review is in the appendix.”
“Near-synonym: extrajudicial”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Brief overview”7 letters
02“Brief account”7 letters
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