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in other words

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  1. Putting it differently, usually more simply or explicitly. For example, The weather was terrible, the plane took off several hours after the scheduled time, and then fog prevented their landing—in other words, they never got to the wedding at all. [Mid-1800s]


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To become, in other words, the hero that’s needed to turn this momentous struggle around.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

The issue for OpenAI, Anthropic and other tech giants is that no one seems to have cracked the so-called alignment problem - in other words, whether AI aligns with human values.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Taking the eggs off ice, in other words, is far from taking home a baby.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2026

The gross U.S. national debt at the end of 2024 — in other words, at the end of the Biden administration — was $35.2 trillion, as reported by the independent Congressional Budget Office.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Hartshorne and May, in other words, had set up a sting operation.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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