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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
AFAR Media, 25 Oct. 2025
Subscribe now for immediate access to the latest issue and to browse the rich archive.
—The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2025
Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
The teeth are different shapes depending upon whether an herbivore was eating a browse diet, which would be like leaves or shrubs, or a graze diet, which would be more like grass.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
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Verb
In Orange County, green thumbs can browse the gardening goods at the charming Roger’s Gardens in Corona Del Mar, and then dine under the stars on the very same grounds at the elegant Farmhouse.
—AFAR Media, 25 Oct. 2025
Subscribe now for immediate access to the latest issue and to browse the rich archive.
—The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
And as forest managers started aerial re-seeding, even more animals were drawn in by all the fresh browse that sprung up.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
The teeth are different shapes depending upon whether an herbivore was eating a browse diet, which would be like leaves or shrubs, or a graze diet, which would be more like grass.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
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Verb
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Black gums and sycamores peek out alongside winding forest roads in southern Indiana while beech and maple trees shoot up in the understory of older, taller oaks.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
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Thicker, fuller black lashes began peeking out from my eyelids, while my existing lashes started to look fuller.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Each time the oceans offered up the right environment, evolution sent out another turtle to graze.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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The strongest sustained wind speed in the Atlantic on record occurred in 1980’s Hurricane Allen, which hit 190 mph, nearly grazing the researchers’ suggested Category 6.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The study didn’t include actual body fat scans and instead depended on people’s own reports about their habits, which can make the results less reliable.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Ideker argues the field’s biggest challenge is integrating multimodal data—from genetic sequences to tissue scans to body imaging—needed to predict how a patient will respond to treatment.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Occasionally, a monkey glanced at our boat, but most were turned away from the shore.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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At one point, Perry lovingly glanced at Trudeau.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Browse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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