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to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
could you paraphrase your diagnosis of my medical condition, using simpler language?
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Recent Examples of paraphrasing
This truly was, paraphrasing the 2014 Steve Carell film, a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for the president.
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Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2026
Elsewhere on the podcast, Tarantino also remembered that the relationship between the two films spawned an online joke paraphrasing an iconic conversation from his movie Pulp Fiction.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Al said, paraphrasing the famous Catholic nun from Calcutta.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2026
Elsewhere on the podcast, Tarantino also remembered that the relationship between the two films spawned an online joke paraphrasing an iconic conversation from his movie Pulp Fiction.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Al said, paraphrasing the famous Catholic nun from Calcutta.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paraphrasing
translating
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The company is in the process of translating its catalog, using AI to analyze the colors, layers and weaving patterns of previous design files.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Feb. 2026
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Diana Shi, co-recipient of two US National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowships, has collaborated since 2006 with George O’Connell in translating many prominent western and Chinese-speaking poets.—
Chen Yuhong,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Paraphrasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraphrasing. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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