as in to read
to go over and mentally take in the content of
perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors
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Rather than opening videos, commenting, subscribing, and otherwise interacting with creators, some users will just peruse the AI carousel.
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ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Guests perused the eclectic jewelry from Swan Ball Jeweler Sidney Garber, where the first Swan Award, presented to Swan Ball founder Jane Anderson Dudley in 1970, was on display.
—Rusty Terry, Nashville Tennessean, 8 June 2025
Poke around Spring Hollow Antiques, sip wine at Muse Vineyards or beer at Woodstock Brewhouse, have a bite to eat at Woodstock Garden Cafe, and peruse the local produce at South Street Barn Market (open year-round on Saturdays).
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025
People approach their days differently; in one of the private enclosures, three old boys in full old-school suits and top hats sit and peruse their racecards and newspapers, smoking cigars and barely saying a word.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Guests perused the eclectic jewelry from Swan Ball Jeweler Sidney Garber, where the first Swan Award, presented to Swan Ball founder Jane Anderson Dudley in 1970, was on display.
—Rusty Terry, Nashville Tennessean, 8 June 2025
Poke around Spring Hollow Antiques, sip wine at Muse Vineyards or beer at Woodstock Brewhouse, have a bite to eat at Woodstock Garden Cafe, and peruse the local produce at South Street Barn Market (open year-round on Saturdays).
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025
People approach their days differently; in one of the private enclosures, three old boys in full old-school suits and top hats sit and peruse their racecards and newspapers, smoking cigars and barely saying a word.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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But its recurring theme — Ed as a jealous interloper undermining owner Wilbur Post’s domestic life — can be read as a surreal meditation on masculinity, autonomy and repression in suburban America.—
Chris Reed,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Like in New York’s Central Park, locals love to bring a blanket and sprawl on the springy turf, canoodling, reading books, and snoozing beneath the skyline.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
6 July 2025
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“Peruse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peruse. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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