paraphrase
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In much the same way, Fallingwater’s projecting trays of space, which step up and outward, are a poetic paraphrase of what lies below, the stepped cascade that is nature’s own staircase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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 Diana Ross hit of the time, did we know where we were going to?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
He was the only person she ever knew who could paraphrase three authors into one sentence and have them all make sense.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Early in the book, Justice Kennedy paraphrases long conversations with family, friends and mentors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
The passages contain phrases that match exactly, as well as apparent paraphrases and structural similarities.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 9, 2024
The bots “can spit out derivative works: material that is based on, mimics, summaries, or paraphrases Plaintiffs’ works, and harms the market for them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
In the cartoon, which paraphrases his speech, Mr. Kerry stands at a podium and delivers a remark that reflects the lecture many African leaders feel they’ve been receiving from Western counterparts.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Quarles sometimes translates, sometimes paraphrases Hugo, and has a good deal of original matter.
Schenck paraphrased Suozzi’s remarks: “I don’t tell anybody this, but, you know, I’ve been, I bunked up at C Street.”
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
It paraphrased him as saying that not everything that was being written was true.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 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
The italicized language in the description of the referenced text exchange is paraphrased, not directly quoted.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
“The reason why you guys are getting this many years,” and this is me paraphrasing, “It’s because we’re trying to make an example.”
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
“But,” Woodward and Costa write, as if paraphrasing Graham’s thoughts, “there was no changing him. You just kept the conversation going.”
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Sayers praised the art underlying the artifice, paraphrasing Aristotle on the practice of literary deception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The Venice-based Johannes doesn’t shy away from that connection, paraphrasing a Turrell quote about art enabling us to “sense yourself sensing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 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
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