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to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
I'll reword the question for you so you can better understand it
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Recent Examples of reword
The petition demands the ballot measure be reworded prior to the May election.
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Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Web pages that could not be immediately reworded to strip out all mentions of gender, like those aimed at transgender people, were taken down to be reworked.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025
The co-worker might spot some portions of your memo that could use rewording.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Musk initially resisted calls to delete or reword the post, before ultimately taking it down on Monday.
—April Rubin, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
The prosecution was instructed to reword the question.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024
Not only was the chatbot’s rewording appropriate for work, it was composed well enough to send without any adjustments.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
The new version of the book differs subtly from the one originally slated for March, with multiple sections revised and reworded.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
Duncan, 71, was patient with questions, perhaps slightly reworded each time, that boiled down to: What took so long?
—John Williams, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Web pages that could not be immediately reworded to strip out all mentions of gender, like those aimed at transgender people, were taken down to be reworked.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025
The co-worker might spot some portions of your memo that could use rewording.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Musk initially resisted calls to delete or reword the post, before ultimately taking it down on Monday.
—April Rubin, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
The prosecution was instructed to reword the question.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024
Not only was the chatbot’s rewording appropriate for work, it was composed well enough to send without any adjustments.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
The new version of the book differs subtly from the one originally slated for March, with multiple sections revised and reworded.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
Duncan, 71, was patient with questions, perhaps slightly reworded each time, that boiled down to: What took so long?
—John Williams, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
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“Reword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reword. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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