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as in peeked
to take a quick or hasty look
browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books
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Recent Examples of browsed
Customers browsed through shelves and flipped pages.
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Zara Amaechi, Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026
Many parents browsed the aisles after finishing the project.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Players and spectators browsed through 25 raffle baskets donated by local businesses, and had 15 silent auction items to bid on.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
Designers, students, and crafty types browsed the textile retailer’s three floors for supplies and inspiration.
—Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 20 Nov. 2025
At Frieze London and Frieze Masters, the twin fine art fairs that take place in Regent’s Park, a clutch of designers, models, businessmen and photographers browsed from booth to booth, including Claudia Schiffer, Raf Simons, Giancarlo Giammetti, Mario Testino and Rick Owens.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Scores from the 2024-25 Forward Exam can be browsed online by district.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the brothers, wearing matching cherry-red-and-lime-green eyeglasses, browsed the pick-and-mix bins at Kändi, a Swedish-style sweets shop in Los Angeles.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Zara Amaechi, Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026
Many parents browsed the aisles after finishing the project.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Players and spectators browsed through 25 raffle baskets donated by local businesses, and had 15 silent auction items to bid on.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
Designers, students, and crafty types browsed the textile retailer’s three floors for supplies and inspiration.
—Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 20 Nov. 2025
At Frieze London and Frieze Masters, the twin fine art fairs that take place in Regent’s Park, a clutch of designers, models, businessmen and photographers browsed from booth to booth, including Claudia Schiffer, Raf Simons, Giancarlo Giammetti, Mario Testino and Rick Owens.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Scores from the 2024-25 Forward Exam can be browsed online by district.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the brothers, wearing matching cherry-red-and-lime-green eyeglasses, browsed the pick-and-mix bins at Kändi, a Swedish-style sweets shop in Los Angeles.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for browsed
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The four bullets Renee Good took from the gun fired by Minnesota ICE officer Jonathan Ross hit her once each in the arm, breast and head, while a fourth grazed her body, her family said in releasing partial results of an independent autopsy on the slain mother of three.—
Theresa Braine,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Two people suffered gunshot wounds and a third was grazed, police said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Jan. 2026
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Saint Agnes and Saint Thomas peeked out windows, surrounded by dumb cane and Chinese evergreen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cobalt blue socks peeked out from The Row’s Stella slippers, adding contrast while solving the obvious cold-weather problem.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Texas basketball coach Sean Miller glanced over the stat sheet after Saturday’s 74-70 home loss to rival Texas A&M with a grimace before stating the obvious.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
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Then the star guard’s eyes glanced at Drew Timme’s T-shirt.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Browsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browsed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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