paraphrase

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

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

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

Playing a standard tune, he would frequently develop paraphrases of the melody, taking it through unlikely re-imagining of the harmonies of a song.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Early in the book, Justice Kennedy paraphrases long conversations with family, friends and mentors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

The extent of duplication varies between passages, but all contain multiple identical phrases, as well as clear paraphrases and significant structural similarity.

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

Such paraphrases and poetical imaginings in no way affect the truth of the facts they set forth, but rather, to mortal fancy, swell their pomp and dignity.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

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

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

This is an example of the application of what is known as the anthropic principle, which can be paraphrased as “We see the universe the way it is because we exist.”

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

“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

For many it’s a deal breaker—I’m paraphrasing from more strongly worded protests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

“They said they would come,” Enguidanos said, paraphrasing a typical response, “and they just didn’t show up.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

In the proffer, Blanche essentially asked her, and I’m paraphrasing, Why don’t you explain that to me?

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

“Well, this is good news,” he says, and offers what I think is a bible quote, or at least a paraphrasing.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman