as in examination
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Recent Examples of perusal
Most workshops can go on citing examples (and from each other’s writing, too, which is fun to do)―any perusal of course reading lists or an hour spent grazing the literature shelves of a bookstore yields numerous possible stories for discussion.
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Douglas Unger
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
There are also GitHub repos for your perusal, and OpenAI will host stock versions of the models on its own infrastructure for testing.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
Artists will have ceramics, paintings, jewelry, textiles, glass, wood and metal artwork available for perusal and sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
—Kit Grode, Twin Cities, 14 July 2025
From my perusal of the list, the most surprising new member is Neon head Tom Quinn in the Executives branch.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 June 2025
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Douglas Unger
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
There are also GitHub repos for your perusal, and OpenAI will host stock versions of the models on its own infrastructure for testing.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
Artists will have ceramics, paintings, jewelry, textiles, glass, wood and metal artwork available for perusal and sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
—Kit Grode, Twin Cities, 14 July 2025
From my perusal of the list, the most surprising new member is Neon head Tom Quinn in the Executives branch.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perusal
Noun
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Cowley ends his examination of the postwar cultural situation on a note of doubt, not least about the changing status and nature of literary criticism.—
Michael Gorra,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The helicopter was recovered and retained for further examination.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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To search the restaurant inspections, type in a keyword or restaurant name.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
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Dropped meat that went from floor to refrigerator and a McDonald’s with bugs close to food were among the 10 South Florida restaurants that failed state inspection last week.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The first urban inhabitants drank wine, a recent archaeological survey found, after discovering the rare wine press near Tel Megiddo in Israel’s north.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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In fact, a survey released last month from the BlackRock Foundation and Commonwealth showed that over 54% of Americans earning $30,000 to $79,999 a year are now retail investors in the capital markets.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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In the six-month-long outdoor study conducted on the roof of the Sydney Nanoscience Hub, dew could be collected over 32 percent of the year and so could provide a sustainable and predictable supply of water even in periods with no rain.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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As for the safety of the drug, about 10% of the adults taking enlicitide experienced serious adverse events during the study and a similar share, about 12%, of those taking a placebo experienced adverse events in the study.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Unlike terrestrial weather, scientists who forecast celestial events like the aurora rely on observations of the 93-million-miles-away sun to make their predictions.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
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Not trying to spark controversy but this is an obvious observation.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The bill passed in June without media attention, while bombs were dropping on Iran.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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But Vanderbilt, as attention, pressure and fatigue rise on a pursuit no one outside its camp expected, is essentially two teams with two games left in the 2025 regular season.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Perusal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perusal. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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