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as in to peek
to take a quick or hasty look
browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books
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Recent Examples of browse
Melissa Repko, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Even a quick browse through her diaries can tell you what the weather was like in North Dakota at just about any point over the last nine decades.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 30 June 2025
The new store is about 40% bigger than the one across the street, with a large selection of products and more aisles for customers to browse, Judd said.
—Annie Goodykoontz, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
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Verb
Walmart+ drives e-commerce boom A shopper browses near the poultry section at a Walmart in Rosemead, California on December 19, 2024.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Even a quick browse through her diaries can tell you what the weather was like in North Dakota at just about any point over the last nine decades.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
To purchase an item, Luckin customers browse the coffee store's menu and make payments directly online.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 30 June 2025
The new store is about 40% bigger than the one across the street, with a large selection of products and more aisles for customers to browse, Judd said.
—Annie Goodykoontz, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
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When the moon sits in the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, the sun’s rays peek out from behind the moon and give it a reddish hue, according to London’s Natural History Museum.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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But the tree was perfectly elegant, its green boughs peeking above the low-slung roof covered in traditional gray clay tiles.—
Thessaly La Force,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2025
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This practice involves growing crops or other vegetation, such as pollinator-friendly plants, under solar panels, and sometimes grazing livestock in this greenery.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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The President, speaking about border crossing numbers at the time, was just six minutes into his address when a bullet grazed his right ear.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
10 July 2025
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Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting Cyberguy.com/Delete.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 July 2025
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That’s where scans diagnosed the 42-year-old dad with stage 4 glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
9 July 2025
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The luxury vehicle glanced off another car, spun around, and turned over in a ditch.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2025
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The storm of 1994: Here's how the blizzard led to better snow response Confident at first, Meredith kept glancing at her watch.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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“Browse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browse. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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