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to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
though I couldn't remember the exact words he used, I restated his message as accurately as I could
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Recent Examples of restate
Jurors soon responded with another note restating their position.
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Chloee Weiner, NPR, 15 May 2026
Meanwhile, official Iranian outlets restated an uncompromising position on navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
If tension rises, restate your point simply.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
Chrupalla also in March restated to the Bild newspaper the AfD's long-term ambition that all 40,000 or so American troops stationed in Germany should be withdrawn.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Chloee Weiner, NPR, 15 May 2026
Meanwhile, official Iranian outlets restated an uncompromising position on navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
If tension rises, restate your point simply.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
Chrupalla also in March restated to the Bild newspaper the AfD's long-term ambition that all 40,000 or so American troops stationed in Germany should be withdrawn.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restate
Verb
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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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“Restate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restate. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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