Verb (used with object), : He rephrased the statement to give it less formality. From Dictionary.com.
I was trying to give Brand the benefit of the doubt... but watching it back, you're totally right, 'rephrasing' is much more accurate!. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Policeman's Ball] Reference
Bruce hayden: Your reflexive "rephrasing" isn't a whole lot better than the content of your original comment; only more obscurant. From Wordnik.com. ["I'm going back to my cottage to rape my wife."] Reference
In most cases it is a simple matter of rephrasing. From Wordnik.com. [Ms R's new look dictatorship] Reference
Please think about rephrasing what you write in future. From Wordnik.com. [The Ashley Treatment: A Feminist and Disability Rights Issue?] Reference
BLITZER: Here's another way of rephrasing the question. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2006] Reference
I believe it was .... (supplying words indistinct, rephrasing). From Wordnik.com. [PRESS CONFERENCE ON GRENADA] Reference
Don't tell me you're rephrasing on the fly as you read to them?. From Wordnik.com. [ccfinlay: Bedtime Reading] Reference
I find myself mentally rephrasing a phrase, or questioning a word. From Wordnik.com. [Reading for Pleasure & the Published Author] Reference
Achieve control by rephrasing negative thoughts into positive ones. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Are you burned out?] Reference
In other words, maybe you heard a little rephrasing of the message. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2007] Reference
Some job applicants may have to do this rephrasing for interviewers. From Wordnik.com. [Interviewers face a minefield of forbidden questions] Reference
"I can't find him there," said Pucky, rephrasing his report carefully. From Wordnik.com. [Ernst Ellert Returns]
They are all some rephrasing of 'have a free copy of AdWorks magazine!'. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Brown: Diary of an Aspiring New Yorker: February 1st, 2008] Reference
My apologies to St. Augustine for essentially rephrasing his arguments. From Wordnik.com. [Thought experiments] Reference
That's what I get for rephrasing without doublechecking and then hitting send. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats Blast Limbaugh For Saying That Antiwar Troops Are "Phony Soldiers"] Reference
HARRIS: I'm going to guess that the wires might be considering rephrasing it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2002] Reference
This is the rephrasing of the hierarchy problem in these large extra dimension models. From Wordnik.com. [Identifying Dark Matter] Reference
Just rephrasing a couple of points by meremark on Wednesday, Apr 9, 2008 at 4: 16: 10 AM. From Wordnik.com. [What Ever You Do; Don't Do the Math:] Reference
You accused him of rephrasing arguments in his favor, and then did the same thing to him. From Wordnik.com. [Link Farm & Open Thread #28] Reference
If not, try rephrasing to fast-growing in recent years or stop at since delete many years. From Wordnik.com. [can you please proof read my essay? « Literacy Skills « Literacy Help « Literacy News] Reference
I researched it and yes, it is actually true, although he is somewhat rephrasing his words. From Wordnik.com. [Trade Minister of Malaysia: Bloggers cause Civil war] Reference
I'm thinking it's a rephrasing of his pitch to the Clinton campaign about why they need him. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Like E said, rephrasing it, coming up with a different angle or analogy, explaining it again. From Wordnik.com. [Website Copy With Benefits: Tei’s Take] Reference
MICHEL: Catherine, we repeatedly asked Timothy McVeigh questions over and over, rephrasing them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2001] Reference
The choices are real and awful, and no amount of reframing and rephrasing will make them go away. From Wordnik.com. [In or Out of Afghanistan] Reference
We, because of an elementary principle of honor and the legitimate right .... (rephrasing garbled passage). From Wordnik.com. [PRESS CONFERENCE ON GRENADA] Reference
The only thing extreme, is a President who thinks he can turn poll numbers around by rephrasing a war into a struggle. From Wordnik.com. [The National Scuffle Against a Violently Failed Presidency Continues.] Reference
Therapists have a technique that works very well in these situations -- rephrasing what a person has just said to them. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. John Grohol: 4 Steps To Better Communication] Reference
I heard from Judith about two weeks later-a pleasant enough note but with the juice pressed out of it through rephrasing. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
If the people are forced to surrender, there will be .... (removing brackets, supplying words indistinct, rephrasing) - END. From Wordnik.com. [PRESS CONFERENCE ON GRENADA] Reference
Third paragraph, penultimate and final lines should read: ... in the idea that we would be behind that absurd charge. (rephrasing). From Wordnik.com. [PRESS CONFERENCE ON GRENADA] Reference
The EPA, in turn, has responded to BP's insolence by rephrasing their directive and ordering that dispersant usage be ramped down. From Wordnik.com. [Wenonah Hauter: Is BP the Fox Guarding the Henhouse?] Reference
That is also why Edwards agreed with Hillarys rephrasing of the question and planning ahead. this was a counterpounch on their parts. From Wordnik.com. [Dueling Memos: Hillary And Obama Camps Club Each Other] Reference
Page Q 14, third paragraph, penultimate line: ... no one knows what will happen, because we have .... (removing parentheses and rephrasing). From Wordnik.com. [PRESS CONFERENCE ON GRENADA] Reference
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