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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
Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
Walmart+ drives e-commerce boom A shopper browses near the poultry section at a Walmart in Rosemead, California on December 19, 2024.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025
The vibe was relaxed, with attendees from a wide cross-section of ages and backgrounds browsing through displays at dozens of booths in a low-pressure sales atmosphere.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Of course, areas with heavy logging, or even areas a few years removed (and regenerated) from a clear-cut, can provide a lot of woody browse.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
Walmart+ drives e-commerce boom A shopper browses near the poultry section at a Walmart in Rosemead, California on December 19, 2024.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
Stroll under tangled garlands of buoys and past glassblowers shaping octopi in real-time, and browse everything from handmade ceramics to local paintings, textiles, and nautical tchotchkes.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025
The vibe was relaxed, with attendees from a wide cross-section of ages and backgrounds browsing through displays at dozens of booths in a low-pressure sales atmosphere.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for browse
Verb
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Each of these pairs will enjoy near-daily wear peeking out from under wide-leg jeans and fall dresses.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
5 Aug. 2025
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The residents saw the prowler outside their homes peeking in at them.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
28 July 2025
Verb
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Horses graze on nearby land as the smell of manure hangs in the air.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Aug. 2025
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Cranbury, New Jersey — Just steps off a busy road, tucked at the end of a gravel driveway within eyeshot of the New Jersey turnpike, a small herd of cows and goats grazes freely in a grassy, open field.—
Meena Duerson,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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When a blood clot is suspected, imaging tools such as an ultrasound or CT scans are typically used to confirm the diagnosis and start treatment.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The second video then shows a neighbor, Dawn Harvin, 55, come walking down the street, quickly glance toward the stricken woman to her right, then look up the driveway to her left and raise her arm, in an effort to get the driver’s attention.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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We are given a few glancing insights into those sacrifices, mainly through Souleymane’s phone calls back home.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Browse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browse. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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