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While Tran has paraphrased some content of this source borrowing, because of the specificity and impact of the number— “billions of tons of carbon”—she has chosen to use the author’s original words.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Gregory has paraphrased Francis, arguing that the church should seek out dialogue, even when there are disagreements.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2021

In most cases he has translated the French faithfully, but here and there he has paraphrased a passage or added a brief remark of his own.

From The Present State of Wit (1711) In a Letter to a Friend in the Country by Gay, John

Addison's Hymns.—Addison appears to us also as the writer of beautiful hymns, and has paraphrased some of the Psalms.

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry

The purpose with which he has paraphrased an Olympick and Nemaean ode, is, by himself, sufficiently explained.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel