# Extractive Summarization

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T20:01:48.213Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: dogal-dil-isleme
**TLDR:** A content-preserving summarization approach that creates summaries by selecting important sentences from the source text.

<p>Extractive summarization aims to produce concise, information-dense summaries by selecting sentences or passages from the original text. Compared with generative models, it is more controllable and often carries lower hallucination risk. It is especially valuable in reliability-sensitive applications such as legal documents, meeting notes, and news summaries. However, it can be more limited than abstractive methods in fluency and rephrasing power.</p>