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as in peeks
to take a quick or hasty look
browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books
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Recent Examples of browses
Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
ChatGPT writes apps, plans trips and browses the web on users’ behalf.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
And Perplexity’s Comet fully embraces the idea of a browser that browses for you.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
Lee is in his bookstore, reading Walter Tevis’ novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, as Dale (Tim Blake Nelson) browses the shelves.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
ChatGPT writes apps, plans trips and browses the web on users’ behalf.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
And Perplexity’s Comet fully embraces the idea of a browser that browses for you.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for browses
Verb
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There is even a massage with horses, during which a horse grazes nearby while a massage therapist works out your aches and pains.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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In his article for Mosaic magazine, Israeli computer scientist Moshe Koppel calculates that Sefaria’s digitized library, about a thousand volumes, barely grazes the surface.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Her signature brunette curls cascade over a cozy gray hoodie as morning light peeks through the window.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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The peep, rounded toe is a flattering design that peeks through under the hemline of long gowns.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The tech can interpret brain scans twice as accurately as professionals examining stroke patients, spot more bone fractures than humans can, and detect early signs of more than 1,000 diseases.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Under the rule, the agency could ask for facial images, iris scans, finger and palm prints, voice prints and even DNA.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The mother glances up and sees her daughter watching, and her expression becomes altogether less indulgent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Lina glances at the ceiling, brow furrowed.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Browses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browses. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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