read through
phrasal verb
read through; reading through; reads through
: to read (something) from beginning to end especially to look for mistakes or check details
Remember to read through your essay before you hand it in.
He read the instructions through twice before he tried to assemble the bicycle.
Examples of read through in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The thirty or so candidates who’d remained in the courtroom were asked to read through a long questionnaire—forty-two questions, along with numerous sub-questions.
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Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
Independent bookstores around the country join together on the last Saturday in April each year to celebrate reading through special events, contests, discounts and other activities.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
The judge returned to the bench after allowing the media to read through his memorandum.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The new models are also the first of Anthropic’s fleet that can process visual formats, including photos, charts, and graphs, so enterprise users can now use its models to read through PDFs and presentation slides, Anthropic said.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
Linda was the first person to ever go and read through all the trial transcripts.
—John J. Lennon, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
Brown spent that night reading through Scott’s file, and on Saturday morning, outraged over what was happening to him, officially took him on as a client.
—Hannah Rappleye, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024
What to know The science of reading is a traditional school of thought that teaches reading through phonics, rather than the three-queueing method that some schools across the country have adopted in recent decades.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
That discovery last week started a panicked, three-day crash effort by more than 200 of the department’s employees, including Richard Cordray, the nation’s top student aid official, to read through each of the emails one by one and extract crucial identifying information required for financial aid.
—Zach Montague, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
Independent bookstores around the country join together on the last Saturday in April each year to celebrate reading through special events, contests, discounts and other activities.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
The judge returned to the bench after allowing the media to read through his memorandum.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The new models are also the first of Anthropic’s fleet that can process visual formats, including photos, charts, and graphs, so enterprise users can now use its models to read through PDFs and presentation slides, Anthropic said.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
Linda was the first person to ever go and read through all the trial transcripts.
—John J. Lennon, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
Brown spent that night reading through Scott’s file, and on Saturday morning, outraged over what was happening to him, officially took him on as a client.
—Hannah Rappleye, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024
What to know The science of reading is a traditional school of thought that teaches reading through phonics, rather than the three-queueing method that some schools across the country have adopted in recent decades.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
That discovery last week started a panicked, three-day crash effort by more than 200 of the department’s employees, including Richard Cordray, the nation’s top student aid official, to read through each of the emails one by one and extract crucial identifying information required for financial aid.
—Zach Montague, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Read through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/read%20through. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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