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to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
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Recent Examples of translates
Here, this translates as an exuberance of bread, meat and dairy, rich and fortifying.
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Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
That all translates to more bang for your buck while also dealing with a very serious industrial and agricultural pollutant.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Superior grappling usually translates well when moving up a weight class.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
For example, Arencia’s Vitamin C Booster Shot Serum helps people with reactive skin find their glow by using a familiar vitamin C duo—pure ascorbic acid for that immediate brightening boost, plus 3-O-ethyl ascorbic acid (50,000 ppm, which translates to about 5%).
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 9 May 2026
That translates to a beautiful first half of Mother's Day, featuring sunshine and temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.
—Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 9 May 2026
This lends itself to Ruby’s nature as a high-level language, a computer language with an intuitive syntax that reads almost like a human language in its formulation and then translates it into binary machine language that a computer can read.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
That translates to asking your stylist for something that sits between the lip and chin with a very blunt, controlled perimeter.
—Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 3 May 2026
However, one tiny difference in the chemical bonds within starch and fiber translates to very different functions for the molecules.
—Julie Pollock, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
That all translates to more bang for your buck while also dealing with a very serious industrial and agricultural pollutant.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Superior grappling usually translates well when moving up a weight class.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
For example, Arencia’s Vitamin C Booster Shot Serum helps people with reactive skin find their glow by using a familiar vitamin C duo—pure ascorbic acid for that immediate brightening boost, plus 3-O-ethyl ascorbic acid (50,000 ppm, which translates to about 5%).
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 9 May 2026
That translates to a beautiful first half of Mother's Day, featuring sunshine and temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.
—Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 9 May 2026
This lends itself to Ruby’s nature as a high-level language, a computer language with an intuitive syntax that reads almost like a human language in its formulation and then translates it into binary machine language that a computer can read.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
That translates to asking your stylist for something that sits between the lip and chin with a very blunt, controlled perimeter.
—Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 3 May 2026
However, one tiny difference in the chemical bonds within starch and fiber translates to very different functions for the molecules.
—Julie Pollock, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for translates
summarizes
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Powell traditionally appears at a news conference after each FOMC meeting wraps up and summarizes the panel's views on the state of the economy — an event that is closely watched by markets.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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One such company is Blueprint, an AI assistant that summarizes sessions, updates electronic health records, and helps individual therapists track patient progress.—
Rhitu Chatterjee,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Translates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translates. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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