paraphrasing

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“There’s nobody who’s happy in all things,” according to Nicostratus, paraphrasing Euripides.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I’m paraphrasing, but he tells his son something to the extent of — James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, those are yours.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 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

He told BBC Verify he was "paraphrasing what I thought that meant to them", when he gave his Radio 4 interview.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 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