Definition of readernext
as in compilation
a collection of writings I picked up a book entitled "An Emerson Reader" because it contained one or two of his essays I hadn't read before

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Recent Examples of reader That this particular kind of writing — and of seeing and explaining the world to readers — is going away with Swed, is truly a tragedy. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Aside from Spencer’s mistake over Piers Morgan, that’s really what readers have been focusing on. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 Sep. 2026 This will cause readers to scale their concern to match your language. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 In both projects, she was tasked not only with playing the same person from young adulthood to maturity, but also with bringing new dimension to a literary character whom readers have misguidedly despised for decades. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reader
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  • The new quad-die chip is a serious powerhouse for top-tier local AI inference, heavy software compilation, and high-throughput video rendering.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The duo contributed to various underground compilations and festivals such as NorCal NoiseFest.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • The Flaming Lips will commemorate the 20th anniversary of their 11th album, At War With the Mystics, this fall with an anthology box set due out this fall.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
  • For its movie, Neon plans to focus on emerging filmmakers to contribute to the anthology feature based on the sprawling SCP Wiki launched in 2008 as a collaborative and speculative fiction website.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Reader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reader. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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