paraphrase

To paraphrase Eric Cantona, you can change most things in life but never your football team.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

To paraphrase Stephen Miller, surely the most instrumental figure in the Trump White House, the only thing that matters is power.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

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

When looking at the stock market right now, the increasingly obvious question is to paraphrase that catchy 1940s tune: “Is you is, or is you ain’t, in a bubble?”

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

But, at other times, vast, well-constructed, apparently robust intellectual edifices are swept away with barely a murmur because, to paraphrase Vadianus, experience really can be demonstrative.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

When it comes to motivating his children, Guy Fieri paraphrases the immortal words of Shaquille O’Neal: “If you want any of this cheese, you’ve gotta get two degrees.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

In his twentieth year, giving up republicanism for ever, Moore came to London to study at the Middle Temple, and publish his translations, or rather paraphrases, of Anacreon.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

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

She quoted Frost; she misquoted Stevens; she paraphrased Rilke's description of love.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

But on Monday, a federal district court judge in Massachusetts postponed the effective date on the grounds that—and I am paraphrasing here—the rule is mind-bendingly stupid and would create a needless, self-inflicted economic catastrophe.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

“My favorite Gene Roddenberry quote is … and I’m paraphrasing, but he said that there is some basic human need in that there is a tomorrow,” said Anson Mount, who stars in “Strange New Worlds.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

For many it’s a deal breaker—I’m paraphrasing from more strongly worded protests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

“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

“Lead me not into temptation but deliver me from evil,” he says, paraphrasing Matthew 6:13.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel