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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tariq Samad,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 July 2025
So here’s a paraphrase that seems apt today: Harvard delenda est.
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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.
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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
Noun
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The AirPods Pro 3 boast new AI-powered features such as hearing protection, live language translation, heart rate monitoring, and fitness tracking, making these buds smarter than ever.
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However, his lack of strength, questionable frame and lack of true explosiveness create several questions about his translation to the next level, along with his inability to merge offensive and defensive value in the same season.
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If feedback comes from an authority figure, keep your tone steady and translate their notes into a next step.
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Earthquakes are measured by magnitude on a logarithmic scale — so each whole number increase translates to 32 times more energy released by the quake.
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Writing and translating had become my only job.
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For both captioning and translating, the Captify app records transcriptions of whatever runs through the glasses.
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Could the model summarize a contract, answer a customer, support an analyst or a clinician?
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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.
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“Paraphrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraphrase. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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