How to Use in other words in a Sentence
in other words
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It’s been a while, in other words.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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That’s the game, in other words.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
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Good enough, in other words, to win the whole thing.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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Like a guy who hadn’t played a snap all summer, in other words.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
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The water’s warm, in other words.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
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Take a page out of Moana’s book, in other words, and chart a new path.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 8 July 2026
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The Broncos, in other words, are built to win now.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
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Or, in other words, tricking them by holding up a sign.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
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The roster, in other words, has a lot of talent.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
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Time for a whole new style of leadership, in other words.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
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The movie, in other words, has always been in love with itself.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
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Keaton was, in other words, a romantic above all.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2025
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The pressure, in other words, will be on, and change will follow.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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This meant people on foot—peasants, in other words.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
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No one knew what the Olympics were just yet, in other words, in every event.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 16 July 2024
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Offence is the best defence, in other words.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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The investment, in other words, will be there.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
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So, in other words, this one pair of boots is actually two styles.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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This, in other words, was a very rough draft of an antibiotic drug.
—Popular Science, 1 Nov. 2023
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Forest, in other words, broke the news to him with only two minutes to spare.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 1 July 2026
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Or, in other words, a new neighborhood.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
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So in other words, give your shoes a good swipe before stepping inside.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
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Trump’s problems are only going to get worse, in other words.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
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So, in other words, that tiny pimple can take forever to clear up when you're stressed.
—Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 28 Apr. 2023
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The models, in other words, couldn’t be taken at face value.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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She’s been working toward this moment, in other words.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
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Alignment, in other words, is turning out to be not a problem but a set of problems.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
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Not all knowledge, in other words, is created equal.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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That feeling of guilt, in other words, can be better described as fear of missing out.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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The policy lever, in other words, may bend in two directions at once.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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