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paraphrase

noun as in translation, interpretation

verb as in interpret, translate

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To paraphrase William Faulkner about the South, the past is never dead in Southern California — it isn’t even past.

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But fundamentally, it’s a love story — boys meet boys, boys lose boys, boys get boys, to paraphrase the old Hollywood formula.

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At once a reminder to revisit familiar books and a prompt to read new ones, “Worlds of Wonder” is a charmer that, to paraphrase Aristotle, is more than the sum of its parts.

She made a comment, and I’m paraphrasing, but something along the lines of, if you want to just talk about stuff or message stuff, maybe Congress isn’t the place for you.

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To paraphrase, it isn’t about getting knocked down, it’s about getting back up.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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