paraphrasing

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Sayers praised the art underlying the artifice, paraphrasing Aristotle on the practice of literary deception.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet was at the event, and in Tapper and Thompson’s paraphrasing, it made him consider “what Biden’s age likely meant when it came to the issue of immigration.”

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2025

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