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to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
I'll reword the question for you so you can better understand it
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Recent Examples of reword
Even small things, like rewording a customer message or generating examples for training, can spark helpful conversations.
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Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
If your self-service portal is advanced, sentiment cues can also be found there, such as a search that seems to be failing (multiple attempts to reword the issue) or, again, abandoning the search.
—Hamed Mazrouei, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The settlement could be reworded to state that current players do not lose their roster spots as a result of the settlement’s implementation.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
There’s no adding the’s or and’s or but’s or rewording anything.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2025
Writers and editors must understand reputable sources' viewpoints and add fresh insights rather than just rewording existing ideas.
—Nick Brown, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The petition demands the ballot measure be reworded prior to the May election.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Web pages that could not be immediately reworded to strip out all mentions of gender, like those aimed at transgender people, were taken down to be reworked.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025
The co-worker might spot some portions of your memo that could use rewording.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
If your self-service portal is advanced, sentiment cues can also be found there, such as a search that seems to be failing (multiple attempts to reword the issue) or, again, abandoning the search.
—Hamed Mazrouei, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The settlement could be reworded to state that current players do not lose their roster spots as a result of the settlement’s implementation.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
There’s no adding the’s or and’s or but’s or rewording anything.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2025
Writers and editors must understand reputable sources' viewpoints and add fresh insights rather than just rewording existing ideas.
—Nick Brown, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The petition demands the ballot measure be reworded prior to the May election.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Web pages that could not be immediately reworded to strip out all mentions of gender, like those aimed at transgender people, were taken down to be reworked.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025
The co-worker might spot some portions of your memo that could use rewording.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reword
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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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“Reword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reword. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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