in other words

Idioms  

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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in other words

It is "not going backwards, in other words", she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

There is a case that it could be, if AI joins labor and capital as a third factor of production—if, in other words, it completely transforms the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

It’s a story, in other words, about how much we will put up with.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Atoms, in other words, exist on a scale of minuteness of another order altogether.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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