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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
Every time Roblox’s AI rephrases a message in chat, all group members will be notified of it.
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
If users give feedback or rephrase their requests, the router learns.
—Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Several times, the judge interrupted Steel, instructing him to move along or rephrase complicated questions.
—Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
To rephrase that: disliking another NBA team or player is as vital to enjoying sport as following your own team is.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
If users give feedback or rephrase their requests, the router learns.
—Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Several times, the judge interrupted Steel, instructing him to move along or rephrase complicated questions.
—Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
To rephrase that: disliking another NBA team or player is as vital to enjoying sport as following your own team is.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rephrase
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Read from Eduardo Halfon’s novel Tarantula, translated by Daniel Hahn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Such venues were the office space of August Wilson, who claimed that listening in on conversations helped shape his astounding facility for translating natural human speech to the stage.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
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By the time a signal travels from the people doing the work to the people leading the organization, it’s been filtered, summarized, and optimized at every layer in between.—
Adrienne Down Coulson,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Markey sent Amazon a letter in October 2025 asking how Familiar Faces works, and summarized Amazon’s responses in a February 2026 letter that repeated his call to end Familiar Faces.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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“Rephrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rephrase. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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