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paraphrase

[par-uh-freyz] / ˈpær əˌfreɪz /




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After considering that last point, another paraphrase comes to mind, an adaptation of Pogo’s famous line: “We have met the tech sector, and he is us.”

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

To paraphrase President Trump, what do they have to lose?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

To paraphrase some anonymous wag, never let a cross-cultural calamity go to waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

We should work hard to improve the prisons in our society—take up the unfinished work of Thomas Mott Osborne and transform these scrap heaps into repair shops, to paraphrase the great reformer.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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