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.

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Watch the 2025 Emmy nominations reveal above and read through notable nominations below. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 15 July 2025 In May and June, the price settled into a trading range between $87 and $97, causing the RSI to gravitate towards a neutral 50 reading through that period. David Keller, CNBC, 10 July 2025 And what many people don’t know is that behind every patient is a cancer registry specialist (CRS) spending hours reading through charts, identifying events, interpreting dates and ensuring accuracy for each case. David Talby, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025 Many of the emails focused on whether Russian hackers had or could successfully hack the election, says NPR's Jenna McLaughlin, who read through the documents. Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for read through

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“Read through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/read%20through. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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