as in reading
to go over and mentally take in the content of
perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors
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Recent Examples of perusing
Below, keep perusing through Martha Stewart’s beauty routine.
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Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
Re-signing Bellinger would make Domínguez or Jones expendable with the Yankees also perusing the trade market for starting pitchers.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
And perusing it with binoculars during totality is an amazing sight; the surface can appear brownish or even bloodred, depending on your local atmospheric conditions.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s what we’re used to at this time when perusing League Pass.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The starters who sat out and cheered from the bench, including Aaron Gordon, who sat at his locker room stall perusing the box score afterward with a proud smile.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
On Thursday evenings, the SLO farmers market pops up along Higuera Street, and perusing the 100-plus stalls here is a great way to experience the wealth of this agricultural region and feel like a local.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
The first four episodes of season 5, branded as Volume 1, showed Max (Sadie Sink) perusing Vecna's memories from 1959 Hawkins, which is the setting of the stage play.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Dec. 2025
Kate brought George and Charlotte along for the shopping excursion in October 2019, where local Kathy Whittaker spotted her perusing the Halloween section.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
Re-signing Bellinger would make Domínguez or Jones expendable with the Yankees also perusing the trade market for starting pitchers.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
And perusing it with binoculars during totality is an amazing sight; the surface can appear brownish or even bloodred, depending on your local atmospheric conditions.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s what we’re used to at this time when perusing League Pass.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The starters who sat out and cheered from the bench, including Aaron Gordon, who sat at his locker room stall perusing the box score afterward with a proud smile.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
On Thursday evenings, the SLO farmers market pops up along Higuera Street, and perusing the 100-plus stalls here is a great way to experience the wealth of this agricultural region and feel like a local.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
The first four episodes of season 5, branded as Volume 1, showed Max (Sadie Sink) perusing Vecna's memories from 1959 Hawkins, which is the setting of the stage play.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Dec. 2025
Kate brought George and Charlotte along for the shopping excursion in October 2019, where local Kathy Whittaker spotted her perusing the Halloween section.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perusing
reading
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That reliability meant families across Connecticut were able to go about their daily lives – reading with their kids, cooking meals in their kitchens and staying warm inside – even as severe weather raged outside.—
Steve Sullivan,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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Keep reading for the top 10, in descending order.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Perusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perusing. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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