- present participle of paraphrase.
paraphrasing
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“The reason why you guys are getting this many years,” and this is me paraphrasing, “It’s because we’re trying to make an example.”
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
“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
The Venice-based Johannes doesn’t shy away from that connection, paraphrasing a Turrell quote about art enabling us to “sense yourself sensing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 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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