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Filler Phrase Remover
Strip filler words and redundant phrases from AI text. Removes "basically", "essentially", "in other words", "to be honest", and other verbal padding
Version 20260112233046 • 20 operations
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Regex Replacer
Step 1
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:Basically|Essentially|Fundamentally)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 2
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))In (?:other words|essence|a nutshell|short|brief)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 3
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:To put it simply|Simply put|Put simply)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 4
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:At the end of the day|When all is said and done|All things considered)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 5
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:To be (?:honest|fair|frank)|Honestly|Frankly)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 6
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:Truth be told|Truthfully)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 7
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))As (?:a matter of fact|it turns out|it happens)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 8
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))The (?:thing|fact of the matter|reality) is[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 9
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:So,? ?)?[Yy]eah,? ?(?:so,? ?)?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 10
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:Well|So|Now)[,:\\-—] ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 11
flags:"gim"
pattern:"(?:^|(?<=[.!?] ))(?:Look|See|Listen)[,:\\-—]? ?"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 12
flags:"gi"
pattern:"[,\\-—] ?(?:basically|essentially|actually|literally|honestly|frankly)[,\\-—] ?"
replacement:" "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 13
flags:"gi"
pattern:"[,\\-—] ?in (?:essence|other words|a nutshell|a sense)[,\\-—] ?"
replacement:" "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 14
flags:"gi"
pattern:"[,\\-—] ?(?:to be (?:honest|fair|frank))[,\\-—] ?"
replacement:" "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 15
flags:"gi"
pattern:"[,\\-—] ?(?:so to speak|if you will|as it were)[,\\-—] ?"
replacement:" "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 16
flags:"gi"
pattern:"[,\\-—] ?(?:you know|I mean|you see)[,\\-—] ?"
replacement:" "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 17
flags:"gi"
pattern:"[,\\-—] ?(?:of course|obviously|clearly)[,\\-—] ?"
replacement:" "
preserve_structure:true
Regex Replacer
Step 18
flags:"gi"
pattern:"\\b(?:basically|essentially) (?=\\w)"
replacement:""
preserve_structure:true
Punctuation Normalizer
Step 19
Capitalization Style
Step 20
mode:"sentence"
preserve_headings:true