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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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Recent Examples of paraphrasing
Disney’s social media accounts did some further rib-nudging over the weekend with tweets paraphrasing Swift lyrics as captions for the billboard images, some of which featured the character Jessie.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 1 June 2026
Withholding immediate judgment, then paraphrasing.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Carson said, paraphrasing the Indian chief's legendary words.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon starts As of Now by paraphrasing a meme.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
This truly was, paraphrasing the 2014 Steve Carell film, a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for the president.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2026
Elsewhere on the podcast, Tarantino also remembered that the relationship between the two films spawned an online joke paraphrasing an iconic conversation from his movie Pulp Fiction.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Al said, paraphrasing the famous Catholic nun from Calcutta.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Chris Willman, Variety, 1 June 2026
Withholding immediate judgment, then paraphrasing.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Carson said, paraphrasing the Indian chief's legendary words.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon starts As of Now by paraphrasing a meme.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
This truly was, paraphrasing the 2014 Steve Carell film, a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for the president.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2026
Elsewhere on the podcast, Tarantino also remembered that the relationship between the two films spawned an online joke paraphrasing an iconic conversation from his movie Pulp Fiction.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Al said, paraphrasing the famous Catholic nun from Calcutta.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paraphrasing
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But so far, none of this is translating to Democrats running up the score with Hispanic voters.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
9 June 2026
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In an era of Patreon, Substack, and, yes, OnlyFans, some artists are focused on translating devotion into revenue.—
John Kennedy,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2026
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“Paraphrasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraphrasing. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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