paraphrase
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To paraphrase the group’s first Top 10 U.S. hit in 1964, time is on their side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
After considering that last point, another paraphrase comes to mind, an adaptation of Pogo’s famous line: “We have met the tech sector, and he is us.”
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
But to paraphrase the Book of Ecclesiastes, there’s a time and a place for everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
It is a good bet that, to paraphrase Al Jolson—who starred in the first talking movie a century ago—“You ain’t seen nothing yet.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Evidently, Giordano has no word for ‘invention’ or ‘discovery’, so he relies on a paraphrase: ‘a new technique that never existed previously’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Early in the book, Justice Kennedy paraphrases long conversations with family, friends and mentors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
The extent of duplication varies between passages, but all contain multiple identical phrases, as well as clear paraphrases and significant structural similarity.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 9, 2024
Numa dies clutching a piece of paper that paraphrases John 15:13 in the Bible: “No hay amor más grande que el que de la vida por sus amigos.”
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024
The bots “can spit out derivative works: material that is based on, mimics, summaries, or paraphrases Plaintiffs’ works, and harms the market for them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Conversations on words, paraphrases and translations of sentences, are the natural methods of opening the study of language.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
As paraphrased by Vogue, Anastasia says the tins are “all about reinventing the ordinary” into “something special and bespoke.”
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
When the conversation turned to his legacy, Powell paraphrased the opening of Frank Sinatra’s My Way.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
In the latter portions of the book, though, paraphrased conversations raise real questions—especially his conversations with Scalia, whom he recalls as a great friend, which is no doubt true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
In his daily conference call on Monday with journalists, Peskov claimed some of what was said in the NBC interview was "paraphrased."
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
The italicized language in the description of the referenced text exchange is paraphrased, not directly quoted.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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“But,” Woodward and Costa write, as if paraphrasing Graham’s thoughts, “there was no changing him. You just kept the conversation going.”
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
For many it’s a deal breaker—I’m paraphrasing from more strongly worded protests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Hoffman, paraphrasing her state of mind in Providence, writes, “During this time Aimee described herself as profoundly lonely, the emotion coming over her in those days like a ‘terrifying grip.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
“We live in a country where we don’t ask what we can do for our country,” Booker said, paraphrasing President John F. Kennedy.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
Bacon writes of ‘the law of nature and the mutual contracts of things’: he is paraphrasing Lucretius.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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