paraphrase
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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 group’s first Top 10 U.S. hit in 1964, time is on their side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
To paraphrase Clint Eastwood of all people, a theater buff has to know his limitations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
This is a paraphrase of Cowee’s story: Late one spring a large part of Tlingit ventured North to Yakutat to trade for copper.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
Numa dies clutching a piece of paper that paraphrases John 15:13 in the Bible: “No hay amor más grande que el que de la vida por sus amigos.”
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024
Helena paraphrases the “Wizard of Oz,” saying: “Pay no attention to the pins behind the curtain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Two of these poems are paraphrases of the Psalms.
From The Real Robert Burns by J. L. Hughes
As paraphrased by Vogue, Anastasia says the tins are “all about reinventing the ordinary” into “something special and bespoke.”
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
When the conversation turned to his legacy, Powell paraphrased the opening of Frank Sinatra’s My Way.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 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
Mr McGrath's daughter, Noeleen, paraphrased Charles Dickens: "He was the best of men and not the worst of men."
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 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
For many it’s a deal breaker—I’m paraphrasing from more strongly worded protests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 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
Hoffman, paraphrasing her state of mind in Providence, writes, “During this time Aimee described herself as profoundly lonely, the emotion coming over her in those days like a ‘terrifying grip.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
Bacon writes of ‘the law of nature and the mutual contracts of things’: he is paraphrasing Lucretius.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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