rephrase

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But wars are also projections beyond the border of political contests at home, to rephrase the great Clausewitz.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Blanche keeps getting interrupted by mostly successful objections from the prosecutors, and the judge has occasionally asked him to rephrase the question.

From BBC • May 16, 2024

It’s surprisingly challenging to definitively answer this question, as we’ll see, so let’s slightly rephrase: How many naked-eye stars host planets that we know about?

From Scientific American • Oct. 6, 2023

How do we rephrase leaping to intention, which is a real stumbling block?

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2023

“I see. And can you rephrase that in the form of a question?”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein