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When we paraphrase, we provide a version that can exist beside the original (rather than replace it). We paraphrase all the time. When you tell a friend what someone else has said, you're almost always paraphrasing, since you're not repeating the exact words. If you go to hear a talk, you might paraphrase the speaker's main points afterward for your friends. And when writing a paper on a short story, you might start off your essay with a paraphrase of the plot. Paraphrasing is especially useful when dealing with poetry, since poetic language is often difficult and poems may have meanings that are hard to pin down.
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John Tamny, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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
Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
What a Modern Media Company Needs To begin with, MoffettNathanson’s Fishman attempted to quantify what a major modern media company (to paraphrase Gilbert & Sullivan) might look like.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Paraphrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paraphrase. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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