paraphrase

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

When looking at the stock market right now, the increasingly obvious question is to paraphrase that catchy 1940s tune: “Is you is, or is you ain’t, in a bubble?”

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

He was the only person she ever knew who could paraphrase three authors into one sentence and have them all make sense.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

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

When it comes to motivating his children, Guy Fieri paraphrases the immortal words of Shaquille O’Neal: “If you want any of this cheese, you’ve gotta get two degrees.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

Loud objections were raised to the singing of hymns and what, in Scotland, are commonly called paraphrases; and even within living memory this innovation gave rise to bitter controversy.

From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various

Schenck paraphrased Suozzi’s remarks: “I don’t tell anybody this, but, you know, I’ve been, I bunked up at C Street.”

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

Some responses are paraphrased for clarity or condensed for brevity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

It paraphrased him as saying that not everything that was being written was true.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 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

The italics used on this page indicate that the language from the referenced email 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