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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
paraphrase .
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I use the term paraphrased because although it is exactly what the President will mean, he will never speak the words.
Latest Articles 2010
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Here are some of the points discussed – paraphrased from the speakers:
US Publishing Trends Report: Sydney Writers Festival 2009 - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn 2009
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What does it say about our own humanity that we would take one of the oceans greatest predators and deprive it of food and experience until it will eat from our hands and allow us to ride around on its nose paraphrased from a far more elegant quote ….
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One, in his treatise on Duties, is probably paraphrased from the Greek of Panaetius, the philosopher who first introduced Stoicism to the Romans, and modified it to suit their temperament, but it is quite clear that Cicero himself entirely endorses the Stoic view.
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884
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His Greek rhetoric is again paraphrased in the Latin version of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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“Trust but Verify” - Ronald Reagan paraphrased from the Bible
Think Progress » Bush Caught on Tape: “A Wiretap Requires A Court Order. Nothing Has Changed.” 2005
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(paraphrased from a smart guy who figured that out many years ago) In this way, some see affirmative action as a step in the right direction, while others see it as a step too far in the right direction.
DOE Investigating UVa Affirmative Action Admissions at cvillenews.com 2004
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The first claim was paraphrased from the key study and, without context, may be misleading — in context, it’s clear that “a LOCM” is “Omnipaque,” the LOCM tested.
Archive 2009-04-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Let’s take a small look at one idea that this Jesus fellow wanted to get across – this short passage is from The Message version of the Bible, which has deliberately been paraphrased from the original Greek so as to (hopefully) speak in a contemporary vernacular much as it would have for readers in the first century.
Jan 09 Round Table: The New Testament for Windows, Mac OS and Linux Ben Abraham 2009
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Let’s take a small look at one idea that this Jesus fellow wanted to get across – this short passage is from The Message version of the Bible, which has deliberately been paraphrased from the original Greek so as to (hopefully) speak in a contemporary vernacular much as it would have for readers in the first century.
Archive 2009-01-01 Ben Abraham 2009
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