leafing

present participle of leaf
as in flipping
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked

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  • Steal her style with this calf-skimming brown coat from ASOS complete with a notch collar, roomy pockets, and front buttons.
    Averi Baudler, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Some ways thieves can obtain credit card numbers include data breaches, stealing your physical card and skimming your card.
    Senitra Horbrook, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Leafing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafing. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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