as in to summarize
to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
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That confidence has translated directly into his start to the 2025–26 NBA season.
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Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
While each talked up their AI strategy, analysts focused on the scale of the investments and how these plans will start translating to tangible returns.
—Alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Suffice to say, there are plenty of filmmakers playing the Bring Your Own Audience game in Hollywood these days — but digital notoriety won’t translate to mammoth ticket sales unless the film is seriously worth watching.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
Their energy translates to the stadium, where the fans greet rivals like the Chiefs with open animosity.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
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Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
While each talked up their AI strategy, analysts focused on the scale of the investments and how these plans will start translating to tangible returns.
—Alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Suffice to say, there are plenty of filmmakers playing the Bring Your Own Audience game in Hollywood these days — but digital notoriety won’t translate to mammoth ticket sales unless the film is seriously worth watching.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
Their energy translates to the stadium, where the fans greet rivals like the Chiefs with open animosity.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
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The resulting feature was published on March 14, 2022, publicly summarizing the case for the first time in years and providing Army CID contact information.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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During a July City Commission meeting, Commissioner Richard Lara, who received at least one of the surveys but did not respond to it, summarized the allegations detailed in the blog posts.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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