RESTATES Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

restates

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present tense third-person singular of restate

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to express something (as a text or statement) in different words though I couldn't remember the exact words he used, I restated his message as accurately as I could

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Recent Examples of restates Paraphrasing typically restates the original information in more relevant language while retaining key ideas. — Ethan Stone, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 To return to Heidegger’s three apples, their counting simply restates the fact that there are three of them. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026 Murder of Sonya Massey Milhiser's letter restates the facts of the case. — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 31 July 2026 If that sounds convoluted in prose, try watching it as a Netflix movie that dutifully restates its premise every few minutes for multi-screen viewers. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 24 July 2026 The bill just restates what the Constitution already says. — Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026 Additionally, if a company restates its financial statements, prior research finds that this casts suspicion on its peers and investors respond by selling peer companies’ stock. — Joseph Brazel, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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The German robotics company described the system as a Perception-Language-Action (PLA) model that processes sensory information and translates it into physical actions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
When finance translates data into decisions, every department gets sharper.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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Giuffra on Friday also referred to a Cornell document that summarizes key evidence included in a university disciplinary panel’s decision.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
The film ends with Kaczynski being apprehended, and summarizes the years to follow via text on the screen.

— Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

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