GLANCE (AT) Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

glance (at)

verb

Definition of glance (at)

as in to look over

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But Burke did not look over at the victim’s parents, who sat stoically in the courtroom in the row right in front of me.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026
The Golden Globe-winner layered the look over a white T-shirt worn in a semi-tuck.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 17 July 2026

Definition of look over

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That’s what startup Casana is betting will be the next billion-dollar opportunity with its smart toilet seats, which have sensors that can scan vitals like blood pressure, heart rate and blood oxygen, and then connect the results to a phone app.

— Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
And for all the whinging about the cast’s racial diversity, the actor who in some ways reads least as an ancient Greek is Matt Damon, whose Odysseus scans as American, which is almost certainly the point.

— Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026

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