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an instance of expressing something in different words
your essays on human rights should have some original thought and not be simply a paraphrase of what's in the textbook
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to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
could you paraphrase your diagnosis of my medical condition, using simpler language?
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Recent Examples of paraphrase
Isabel Fraser, WIRED, 18 July 2024
That’s a gentle paraphrase of what was in this viewer’s letter.
—James Barron, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Colleen Hamilton, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
To paraphrase the musician Rick James, primacy is a hell of a drug.
—Nancy Okail, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
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What sets Grok apart from its competitors is its real-time access to X data, which the chatbot paraphrases and directly surfaces in a carousel interface.
—Isabel Fraser, WIRED, 18 July 2024
That’s a gentle paraphrase of what was in this viewer’s letter.
—James Barron, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Verb
To paraphrase an old proverb, the best time to connect the fights for trans and reproductive rights was decades ago.
—Colleen Hamilton, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
To paraphrase the musician Rick James, primacy is a hell of a drug.
—Nancy Okail, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
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This integration enables automatic language detection, real-time translation and dynamic resource allocation—capabilities that transform how global businesses operate.Andres Zunino, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Plus, since most of the app's content is in Mandarin, subtitles are suddenly rampant — as are posts from Americans who want to learn the language, including by exchanging translations of popular slang phrases with Chinese commenters.Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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The new Alexa uses a bouquet of different AI models to recognize and translate voice queries and generate responses, as well as to identify policy violations, such as picking up inappropriate responses and hallucinations.Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
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According to the organization’s impact report, that translated to the area of land under its certification tripling from 487,000 hectares in 2022 to more than 1.46 million hectares the following year.Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 13 Jan. 2025
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Tools that can answer questions, summarize content, and help users navigate complex information will be game-changers.Lutz Finger, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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These include the ability to generate images with AI models, summarize local documents, and ask an AMD chatbot questions about graphics settings and more.Tom Warren, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Paraphrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraphrase. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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