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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
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Casual activities like browsing the web, shopping, and scrolling social media feeds didn't pose a problem.
—PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot
Trees, Shrubs, and Weeds
In fall, winter, and early spring, the browse category is mostly described as woody objects, such leaves, twigs, and protruding buds set to become leaves in coming weeks or months.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Verb
After downloading and browsing his contacts, the CBP officer asked Makled about certain names.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Casual activities like browsing the web, shopping, and scrolling social media feeds didn't pose a problem.
—PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
Typically, deer browse on branches less than 1 inch in diameter.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot
Trees, Shrubs, and Weeds
In fall, winter, and early spring, the browse category is mostly described as woody objects, such leaves, twigs, and protruding buds set to become leaves in coming weeks or months.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for browse
Verb
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At one point, Kate — who has been known to give her husband a tap on the backside occasionally! — leaned in close to her husband, smiling as her hand grazed his back.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Look above Jesus’s head, to where the light just grazes the lower-right corner of the one visible (and dark) window.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Orange indicates starlight peeking through the dust: bluer wavelengths are blocked by dust, leaving only the redder light to shine through.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Because Shakespeare’s characters typically wrestle with agency, Parent’s production is playful in new ways — fate doesn’t have to dictate outcome, expectations can be defied, tragedy can peek out from behind comedy.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Bolton goes for MRIs every two months to ensure his tumor has not returned, and his most recent scan, taken in early April, was clear.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Multiple scans have come back clean, but Snell felt something again in the shoulder last week, one day before he was set to throw a second bullpen session.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Early in the second half, Andrew Privett rose at the near post and flicked home a glancing header off another penalty — a deft finish, his first career MLS goal, and a moment that sealed the result for good.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2025
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Out came a young man, who, glancing at my sketchbook, sat down next to me and asked the lady for a bottle of water.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Browse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browse. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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