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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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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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Noun
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Dearborn Heights Police Department posted a design for a police badge option similar to its current design with the addition of Arabic translations for the English words.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Vivian Chen, a Taiwanese traveler who goes to South Korea three or four times a year, says the translations on the South Korean apps are often confusing.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Then, a task-agnostic system called AnyPos translates that knowledge into motor commands for robots.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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For Africa and the Global South, where WHO often provides the first and only line of defense, this translates directly into more deaths, more suffering and wider inequity.—
Stan Chu Ilo,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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These summaries read like a bad high school essay and insult your audience's intelligence.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The school’s deputy, Amanda (Tracy Ullman), summarizes the situation with a succinct outline of her duties.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Saul is the author and founder of the non-partisan, independent newsletter Tangle, which summarizes the best arguments from the right and left on the big political news of the day.—
Isaac Saul,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Paraphrases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraphrases. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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