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paraphrase

[par-uh-freyz] / ˈpær əˌfreɪz /




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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

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, investing in a business-development company can be like buying loans, wrapped in a fund, inside a stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

But to paraphrase the Book of Ecclesiastes, there’s a time and a place for everything.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

To paraphrase an old saying, the friend of my enemy is my enemy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

No prose paraphrase can give any idea of Pindar, except, perhaps, something of his singular power for vivid and minutely detailed description.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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