as in peeked
to take a quick or hasty look
just glimpsed at the photo then turned his attention elsewhere
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Recent Examples of glimpsed
Envelopes inscribed with cursive text, luggage cart run-ups at London’s King’s Cross Station and sweeping landscape shots glimpsed through a train window are also likely to get the hearts of diehard fans pounding.
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Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
When Molycorp filed for bankruptcy in 2015, Litinsky glimpsed opportunity.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Most of the merging black holes glimpsed by LVK are thought to have been born via the deaths of massive stars.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
Right now, the rascal in him slumbers, briefly glimpsed now and again behind dark shades.
—Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
This peril—glimpsed as well in studies of Reconstruction- and Jim Crow–era America—deserves greater consideration than is afforded by Blakely’s cursory account.
—Colin Cepuran, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Hangouts of four or five that can be glimpsed with the naked eye are less common and occur every few years.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
However, some people present that day, glimpsed in COVID masks — such as the man beneath the van and a nurse reaching out to check on him for lengthy periods — don’t show up themselves.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
Other actors with Abdul-Mateen’s wide smile, soft voice, and broad shoulders may have just leaned on their looks to cover up their character’s least-likable moments — as if gobs of charm in one scene can erase the ugliness glimpsed in others.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
When Molycorp filed for bankruptcy in 2015, Litinsky glimpsed opportunity.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Most of the merging black holes glimpsed by LVK are thought to have been born via the deaths of massive stars.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
Right now, the rascal in him slumbers, briefly glimpsed now and again behind dark shades.
—Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
This peril—glimpsed as well in studies of Reconstruction- and Jim Crow–era America—deserves greater consideration than is afforded by Blakely’s cursory account.
—Colin Cepuran, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Hangouts of four or five that can be glimpsed with the naked eye are less common and occur every few years.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
However, some people present that day, glimpsed in COVID masks — such as the man beneath the van and a nurse reaching out to check on him for lengthy periods — don’t show up themselves.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
Other actors with Abdul-Mateen’s wide smile, soft voice, and broad shoulders may have just leaned on their looks to cover up their character’s least-likable moments — as if gobs of charm in one scene can erase the ugliness glimpsed in others.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glimpsed
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For the occasion, my mother had put on her Balenciaga, a black dress with two wide shoulder straps, a firm bodice, a full skirt that ended a few inches above the ankles, and the illusion of an underskirt supplied by a band of taffeta ruffles, also black, that peeked out from beneath the hem.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Singer, rapper, and actress Shayna McHale (also known as Junglepussy) peeked out from under a single luminous, face-framing curl, which gathered above her graphite gown’s swooping ruffled details.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026
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Josh Whitman glanced at his phone for a moment Saturday night amid all of the hugging, celebrating and reflecting on Illinois’ 71-59 win over Iowa in the Elite Eight.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Mullins glanced up and saw two seconds on the clock, but time froze, the world stopped.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Glimpsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glimpsed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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