rephrase

"No, I'll rephrase that. For the normal man. But the reason he has accomplished what he's accomplished, and the reason he's done what he's done, is because he's not a normal man."

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

She said she volunteered in November to mediate the meetings, instructing residents to wait their turn to speak or rephrase their questions without profanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

I’ll rephrase that, since most writers don’t necessarily want to ascribe good or evil to their characters.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 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

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

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

In the next response, Waters essentially rephrases her answer in response to a similar question, but includes the “confrontational” remark.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2021

Or, as he rephrases the question: “I mean, why doesn’t it violate the Constitution to hold a person in prison for 20 years, for conduct which the Constitution forbids making criminal?”

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2015

Even when Charlie quotes from court transcripts, he interrupts, rephrases and edits in order to show us more clearly what he wants to say.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2013

It’s the way he takes other sources and purposefully either omits credit or rephrases the information so that his audience will likely infer it’s his own work.

From Newsweek

An old friend learns shocking things about the title figure after his death, and the author skillfully rephrases an old truth-that most people know of others only what it is comfortable to know.

From Time Magazine Archive

Augustin cited research that documented a pattern in which chatbots rephrased and extrapolated what people shared, and told them they’re unique and that their thoughts have great implications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Fujitsu engineer Gareth Jenkins rephrased parts of a report on the Horizon IT system after advice from barrister Warwick Tatford.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024

Mr. Rathke rephrased the question one more time.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022

The word "felon," as you might imagine, polled poorly, so the researchers rephrased their copy, finally hitting on a description that worked: "returning citizens."

From Salon ● May 3, 2020

We can readily understand Michelangelo’s discomfort, for Titian has rephrased his sculpture in utterly sensuous terms through the painterly application of sonorous color that is characteristic of his work.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

By rephrasing melodies, throwing in slang, using nonsense syllables, embracing scatting, and making it seem as if he was speaking directly to you, he changed the way people sang and thought about vocal performances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

Wallace tried rephrasing the question by asking if Driver ever thought his career would be easier if he looked like Robert Redford.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Information-rich resources like newspapers and discussion boards might find that these systems are harvesting their material and rephrasing it so eloquently that nobody ever bothers to navigate to the original page.

From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2023

Mr Wiseman admitted some of the amendments, which included rephrasing statements and deleting or adding text and pictures, would have made a difference to the pupils' marks and grades.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2021

Jones squirmed uncomfortably in his seat in the briefing room, phrasing and rephrasing his thoughts.

From Master of None by Goble, Neil