browsing

present participle of browse
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as in grazing
to feed on grass or herbs cows browsing in fields are a common sight along that stretch of the road

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Recent Examples of browsing The CleanWeb tool blocks ads, trackers, and malware, which may also help speed up your download and browsing speeds. Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 Still, Netflix collected granular information about subscriber activity on its platform, the lawsuit says, including searches, pauses, rewatches, browsing and scrolling behavior and device information. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 Large language models can generate tailored customer communications, while machine learning frameworks can analyze browsing patterns. Salman Shahid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Shoppers spent the afternoon browsing booths featuring everything from artwork and jewelry to clothing, home décor and specialty items created by local makers. Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026 Do your online shopping and everyday browsing on another device. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 Multitudes of data points are harvested, from browsing activity and product views to purchase history and email engagement. Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 The company says the model can perform advanced software engineering, computer use, browsing, and scientific work. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026 The researchers suspect that others were created by AI that either hallucinated or, just like the AI agents browsing their file, couldn’t distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate instructions. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for browsing
Verb
  • Sasha also opted for a skirt set, styling an asymmetrical off-the-shoulder white boatneck top with a calf-grazing pencil skirt.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The goats have been grazing in different areas for more than 500 days in a row.
    Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Lady Holiday listlessly turns the pages, barely glancing at Miss Piggy in various outfits.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the men in the room could be seen glancing nervously at their dates.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Eggs hatch in about two to three months, and the young immediately start foraging by themselves.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • An island fox, about the size of a large house cat, was busy foraging for food in the leaves.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The lawsuit also accuses Barry University of hiring Ahlers despite a past arrest and conviction of voyeurism in 1988 for peeking through a female student’s bedroom window at the Wake Forest School of Law in North Carolina.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The room was filled with people wearing Tupac shirts, some with Tupac tattoos peeking out from their sleeves.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Browsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browsing. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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