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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
Renée Onque, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
This alone makes The Baldwins a concerning prospect: A brief browse through the history of families featured on these shows might suggest that choosing to be on one is akin to putting your foot in a wood chipper.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
Stock image of a person using a remote to browse a streaming service.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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Verb
Even a quick browse through her diaries can tell you what the weather was like in North Dakota at just about any point over the last nine decades.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
This alone makes The Baldwins a concerning prospect: A brief browse through the history of families featured on these shows might suggest that choosing to be on one is akin to putting your foot in a wood chipper.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
Those speeds are more than sufficient for downloading large files, streaming, video calls, and browsing the web.
—PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
Stock image of a person using a remote to browse a streaming service.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for browse
Verb
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Krukow peeked over the spine of his book at Kuiper.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Mars orbiter spots volcano peeking above clouds The new panorama captured by the Odyssey orbiter shows one of Mars' tallest volcanoes poking through clouds just before dawn.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
Verb
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Thomas Crooks, 20, who was shot dead by Secret Service snipers moments after his bullet grazed Trump's ear in Butler, left virtually no online footprint.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Tanner Scott started off the inning with a backdoor slider that may or may not have grazed the outside part of the plate for strike three to Machado.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
10 June 2025
Noun
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For example, automating rollback protocols, security scans and alert systems for anomalies across AI workflows.—
Navdeep Malik,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Imaging tests: Such as ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scans, help visualize your kidneys, bladder, and other internal structures and organs to detect structural differences, kidney stones, or other abnormalities.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
18 June 2025
Verb
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Williams, looking scruffy in tan prison scrubs, was impassive throughout the proceedings — glancing back at his family only once before being led away.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2025
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Every so often, though, those respondents sitting in the courtroom’s pews glanced out the door.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2025
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“Browse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browse. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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