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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Its security, in other words, would not be meaningfully endangered by a small deal.
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Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
How, in other words, does stability return to the region?
—Vali Nasr, Time, 26 June 2025
Humans, in other words, decide to kill one variety of nonhuman based on their moral consideration of a different kind of nonhuman.
—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
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Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
How, in other words, does stability return to the region?
—Vali Nasr, Time, 26 June 2025
Humans, in other words, decide to kill one variety of nonhuman based on their moral consideration of a different kind of nonhuman.
—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
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“In other words.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20other%20words. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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