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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a rephrase" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of rewording or restating something in a different way.
Example: "Could you provide a rephrase of that sentence to make it clearer?"
Alternatives: "a restatement" or "a paraphrase".
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He took a long pause, then asked for a rephrase.
She chides imprecision, asks for a rephrase, has a frightening talent to make you feel small.
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And isn't 'compassionate conservatism' a rephrasing of the fabled third way?
It was delivered drily, humorously, and as a rephrasing of a lesson the man's father had once taught him, instead to describe the philosophy of his band.
The chant was a rephrasing of a popular Hindu slogan, "har har Mahadev", which means "Each of us is Mahadev [or, Shiva resides in every one of us]".
Men's comparative economic autonomy created a kind of anxiety about gift-giving that still lingers — the common, lamenting phrase "What to buy the man who has everything" is, in part, a rephrasing of the notion that men could buy what they wanted.
A rephrasing of Theodosius Dobzhansky's famous maxim is appropriate here: "Nothing in the study of the New World settlement makes sense except in the light of evolution".
Or for a rephrasing.
Additionally, our study indicated that a rephrasing of item 12 may be needed.
It follows that the centroid of the final mutant population is halfway between the point of origin and the boundary, which is a rephrasing of the midpoint rule.
A rephrasing of this statement as " the study of mitotically and/or meiotically inherited changes in gene function that cannot be explained by the classical central dogma of molecular genetics" provides a working definition that is quite consistent with our deliberations.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com