in other words
idiom
—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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Holsapple believes that the music was right—in other words, commercially viable—for the time.
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Bill Kopp, SPIN, 6 June 2024
China’s economy, in other words, has grown almost five times faster than India’s.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 June 2024
This legerdemain enabled Bragg to circumvent the two-year misdemeanor statute of limitations — in other words, the time to charge this stale case, which is based on seven-year-old bookkeeping entries, lapsed in 2019.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 May 2024
The absence, in other words, isn’t a big deal, Canales said.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024
Intuitively, questions generating human answers that tend to agree with one another should be weighted higher than if the answers diverge – in other words, where there is noise.
—Mayank Kejriwal, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2024
The authors note the potential for an Internet of Vehicles—a network of connected autonomous vehicles, in other words—that could boost communications efficiency by optimizing transmission rates, channels, and times.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2024
Like every other moment of The Wire, the finale left us grappling with hope and despair—in other words, looking at real life and all its infuriating complexity straight in the eyes.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 May 2024
The rapper and her husband showed up to the May 1 Knicks versus Sixers game at Madison Square Garden with just three minutes to go in the fourth quarter—in other words, just enough time to have their 'fits photographed.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 May 2024
Bill Kopp, SPIN, 6 June 2024
China’s economy, in other words, has grown almost five times faster than India’s.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 June 2024
This legerdemain enabled Bragg to circumvent the two-year misdemeanor statute of limitations — in other words, the time to charge this stale case, which is based on seven-year-old bookkeeping entries, lapsed in 2019.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 May 2024
The absence, in other words, isn’t a big deal, Canales said.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024
Intuitively, questions generating human answers that tend to agree with one another should be weighted higher than if the answers diverge – in other words, where there is noise.
—Mayank Kejriwal, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2024
The authors note the potential for an Internet of Vehicles—a network of connected autonomous vehicles, in other words—that could boost communications efficiency by optimizing transmission rates, channels, and times.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2024
Like every other moment of The Wire, the finale left us grappling with hope and despair—in other words, looking at real life and all its infuriating complexity straight in the eyes.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 May 2024
The rapper and her husband showed up to the May 1 Knicks versus Sixers game at Madison Square Garden with just three minutes to go in the fourth quarter—in other words, just enough time to have their 'fits photographed.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 May 2024
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