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as in glancing
to take a quick or hasty look
browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books
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Recent Examples of browsing
In addition to browsing and buying visual art, festival guests can experience live entertainment, browse food trucks, enjoy a beer and wine garden and find educational activities for children.
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Such data include geolocation information, digital ad tracking, social media and web browsing habits and patterns, telephone toll records, and medical and insurance claims data.
—Patrick Eddington, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
Information data brokers often collect includes names, email addresses, buying history, web browsing history, and location data.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
And that includes browsing color choices.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
First-party data is collected through customer interactions and browsing behavior on a website.
—Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
This doesn’t change the fact that describing someone browsing the web or scrolling without end can be mind-numbing.
—Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
Amazon, for example, generally blocks bots from independent third parties from browsing and shopping on its platform, and sued to block Perplexity AI agents from shopping autonomously late last year.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Google, OpenAI and Amazon all are racing to create tools that would allow for seamless AI-powered shopping by taking chatbot users from browsing to buying within the same program instead of having to go to a retailer’s website to complete a purchase.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Such data include geolocation information, digital ad tracking, social media and web browsing habits and patterns, telephone toll records, and medical and insurance claims data.
—Patrick Eddington, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
Information data brokers often collect includes names, email addresses, buying history, web browsing history, and location data.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
And that includes browsing color choices.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
First-party data is collected through customer interactions and browsing behavior on a website.
—Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
This doesn’t change the fact that describing someone browsing the web or scrolling without end can be mind-numbing.
—Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
Amazon, for example, generally blocks bots from independent third parties from browsing and shopping on its platform, and sued to block Perplexity AI agents from shopping autonomously late last year.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Google, OpenAI and Amazon all are racing to create tools that would allow for seamless AI-powered shopping by taking chatbot users from browsing to buying within the same program instead of having to go to a retailer’s website to complete a purchase.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for browsing
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The key part of the limb researchers looked at was the calcadium, or the heel bone, which allows modern kangaroos to travel far distances while grazing through the elastic energy stored and released in the Achilles tendon, Jones said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Spot shaggy giants grazing in the heart of the city.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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After the match, the two exchanged a cursory handshake with Cirstea barely glancing in Osaka’s direction.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The pair barely exchanged a handshake over the net, with Cirstea glancing in Osaka’s direction briefly and then turning her head away.—
John Pye,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Jan. 2026
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Toxicologists agree with the California health agency’s warning to avoid foraging wild mushrooms.—
Amy McGorry,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Internal state dynamics shape brainwide activity and foraging behaviour.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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The actress, 27, was recently photographed heading to Los Angeles’ Canter’s Deli sporting denim trousers, a sleek brown coat and an oversize bag with a bottle of Hellmann’s mayonnaise peeking out.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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This borrowed-from-the-boys effect is given a feminine twist with the addition of a statement chainlink necklace, diamond rings, and a polished black leather bag—while the hemline of the slouchy shirt peeking out from the bottom of the skirt keeps the look in carefree territory.—
Freya Drohan,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Browsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browsing. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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