put into words
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She said: "I can't put into words how lucky we are to be alive. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it all."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ruby Hobbs-Leffler felt things with an intensity that even a smart little girl with a big vocabulary couldn’t put into words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"A terrible night, terrible events for our company and for our country. It is a pain that cannot be put into words," said Wildberries CEO Tatiana Kim.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
At the heart of Denning's argument is the idea of tacit knowledge, the vast amount of human understanding that cannot easily be put into words or represented in a form that computers can process.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
But it was not the kind of question he could put into words.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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