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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 If users give feedback or rephrase their requests, the router learns. Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 To rephrase the Duchampian and Warholian question: Can one manifestly force the work of art and the work of the commodity into a final congruence by abolishing authorial identity and interference altogether? Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025 The judge interrupted Steel several times, instructing him to move along or rephrase complicated questions. Michael R. Sisak, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2025 To rephrase that, with Joann Fabrics, we’re used to this broad story. Callum Booth, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rephrase
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  • In other words, higher numbers in ratings should translate to higher numbers in real-world use as well, even if the actual page count differs.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But even that minimum would translate to roughly 14,000 cases a year in Colorado in which courts approved taking people’s wages because of unpaid medical bills.
    Rae Ellen Bichell, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • To summarize the last few days, he was waived at the end of the Braves' season, passed through waivers, outrighted to Triple-A Gwinnett, and opted to leave the organization.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The following table summarizes details about ashwagandha and L-theanine.
    Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Rephrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rephrase. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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