in other words
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—used to introduce a statement that repeats what has been said in a different and usually a simpler or more exact way
"She said the movie was a bit predictable." "In other words, she didn't like it."
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Humans, in other words, decide to kill one variety of nonhuman based on their moral consideration of a different kind of nonhuman.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
An odd future where fleshy robots deliver your latest order of toilet paper, in other words, might not be all that far-fetched.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 June 2025
The second, somewhat more complex task was designed to check if the implant enabled the mice to consciously perceive light—in other words, whether the visual stimuli were properly converted into signals in the right areas of their brains.
—ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025
One of the most psychoactive substances humans have ever ingested, in other words, is already everywhere around and inside us.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
An odd future where fleshy robots deliver your latest order of toilet paper, in other words, might not be all that far-fetched.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 June 2025
The second, somewhat more complex task was designed to check if the implant enabled the mice to consciously perceive light—in other words, whether the visual stimuli were properly converted into signals in the right areas of their brains.
—ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025
One of the most psychoactive substances humans have ever ingested, in other words, is already everywhere around and inside us.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
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“In other words.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20other%20words. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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