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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While the study focused on coders, the same shift in responsibilities will occur in any industry that integrates AI into its operations—so, in other words, nearly everyone.
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Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Podcasts are adulting, in other words, which signals the medium’s maturity and increasing dominance.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
By such estimations, Dickens appears motivated more by serial deadline than by the divine—in other words a worker.
—Ed Simon
july 21, Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
Its security, in other words, would not be meaningfully endangered by a small deal.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
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Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Podcasts are adulting, in other words, which signals the medium’s maturity and increasing dominance.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
By such estimations, Dickens appears motivated more by serial deadline than by the divine—in other words a worker.
—Ed Simon
july 21, Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
Its security, in other words, would not be meaningfully endangered by a small deal.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
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“In other words.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20other%20words. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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