page through

verb

paged through; paging through; pages through
: to turn the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.) especially in a quick, steady manner
He paged through the magazine looking for the article.

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Some of that process comes through preset technical screens, while some of it is simply manually paging through charts one by one At times, this can be even more telling than having a program spit out names based solely on criteria. Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 20 May 2026 Those likenesses, uncanny in the way a dog and its owner might begin to resemble one another, are unmistakable while paging through Chelsea Hotel, a new collection of Scopin’s photographs taken in and around the historic locale between 1969 and 1971. Curbed Editors, Curbed, 13 May 2026 Educators can page through version histories and review passages flagged for potential AI use. Time Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026 Bill Clinton seems to laugh while paging through documents during his recent deposition on the Jeffrey Epstein files. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026 Registration for classes opens today on Alo’s events page through March 7. Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026 At the other end, Laura Torrado-Blanco of the University of Oviedo’s entomological collection is paging through Lepidoptera guide books. Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025 The macOS Launchpad formerly offered a way to page through and start apps, though few used it, and Apple discontinued it with Tahoe. PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025 Run a few key pages through the tool and look closely at the results. Karan Sharma, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Page through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/page%20through. Accessed 31 May. 2026.

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