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an instance of expressing something in different words
your essays on human rights should have some original thought and not be simply a paraphrase of what's in the textbook
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as in to translate
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 paraphrase
Tariq Samad, IEEE Spectrum, 17 July 2025
So here’s a paraphrase that seems apt today: Harvard delenda est.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 May 2026
But to paraphrase the Book of Ecclesiastes, there’s a time and a place for everything.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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Noun
To paraphrase, the more uncertain the situation, the more one should hedge one’s bets.
—Tariq Samad, IEEE Spectrum, 17 July 2025
So here’s a paraphrase that seems apt today: Harvard delenda est.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
To paraphrase the famous musical title, a funny thing happened on the way to the upfronts this year.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 May 2026
But to paraphrase the Book of Ecclesiastes, there’s a time and a place for everything.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paraphrase
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In Charlotte, that translation problem plays out against the backdrop of a city that has quietly become one of the more important logistics nodes in the American Southeast — a place where getting the forecast right has consequences that extend well beyond the warehouse.—
Karen Koehler,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
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One advocate recalled a case where a Spanish-speaking prisoner filed a grievance asking for translation services, but was rejected for writing it in Spanish.—
Christie Thompson,
NPR,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Farrell, who also narrates in a soft voice, often wears a look of shy incomprehension, as if a beat behind in translating the world around him, a stranger in a strange land.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Technical writers This job involves translating complex technical information into straightforward, readable guides for users.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Writing and translating had become my only job.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2026
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For both captioning and translating, the Captify app records transcriptions of whatever runs through the glasses.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Could the model summarize a contract, answer a customer, support an analyst or a clinician?—
Najwa Aaraj,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
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Ultimately, the entire discipline of artificial intelligence can be summarized as the effort to recreate the intelligence of human brains in silicon machines.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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“Paraphrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraphrase. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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