Thesaurus results for PERUSES

peruses

verb

Definition of peruses next

present tense third-person singular of peruse

as in reads

to go over and mentally take in the content of perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors

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Recent Examples of peruses In an episode 4 scene, Sadie Sink's Max peruses through Vecna's memories, seeing a younger Joyce passing out flyers for the school play Oklahoma, which is a big plot point in the ST stage play. —

Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Dec. 2025 King peruses several cookbooks before settling on Richard Olney’s Lulu’s Provencal Table. —

Elizabeth Wellington, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025 In the first episode of Turn of the Tide, a 2023 Netflix series set two decades prior in the Azorean working-class neighborhood of Rabo de Peixe, a young man peruses DVDs in a video rental store. —

Philip Sherburne, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024

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reads

Verb

Despite being part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection, the energy reads independent and design-forward.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2026
The menu reads like a reminder that even as things change, the appetite for the familiar doesn’t fade.

— Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026