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to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
I don't understand what you're asking—could you rephrase your question?
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Recent Examples of rephrase
Small changes, like removing unnecessary fields, changing their order or rephrasing questions, can have a significant impact.
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Amit Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Students can paste text and use the summarize feature to condense lengthy readings or the paraphrase feature to rephrase complex academic language into more accessible terms.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Greene refuses to answer the question until the American journalist rephrases it himself.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Collins rephrased a quote by James Connolly, a revered Irish labor leader whose picture overlooked the speakers’ area at the lunch.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Amit Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Students can paste text and use the summarize feature to condense lengthy readings or the paraphrase feature to rephrase complex academic language into more accessible terms.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Greene refuses to answer the question until the American journalist rephrases it himself.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Collins rephrased a quote by James Connolly, a revered Irish labor leader whose picture overlooked the speakers’ area at the lunch.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rephrase
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But underneath that, there’s often something harder to name — a kind of emotional itch, or mood, that doesn’t really translate.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The team first made these findings in fruit flies, but the discovery also translated to human cells that modeled tau build-up.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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Among its tasks will be assisting with coding, acting as a translation tool and summarize complex documents for workers.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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The Pandemic Greases the Wheels The evidence summarized in Karlin's fact sheet had been around for decades.—
Liana Simstrom,
NPR,
22 June 2025
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“Rephrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rephrase. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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