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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Beijing, in other words, got Washington to forswear one of its best economic tools just as China was wielding its own leverage. Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025 If your instinct, in other words, is to smooth things over with a bland fabrication, try dropping a tiny truth bomb instead. James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025 Food stamps go mostly to people who don’t work — in other words, the core constituency of the Democrat party. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025 The inevitable progress of technology, in other words, makes the technological sublime elusive. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in other words

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“In other words.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20other%20words. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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