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to look for and correct mistakes in (a written or printed piece of writing)
He proofread the essay carefully.
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Finally, a validator agent reviews the output for consistency, checks formatting and ensures nothing critical is missing before delivering the report to the legal team.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
An AiP is a symbolic certification step in which a classification society reviews a new ship’s design or technology.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Lloyd Meyer, a Notre Dame University professor of law who studies nonprofit organizations, said hospitals’ community benefit vary.—
Megan Garnai,
IndyStar,
10 Sep. 2025
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The 6-foot-6 centre who studies Tage Thompson YouTube videos in his spare time could be a dominant junior hockey player this season.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Android Hidden Camera Detector (FutureApps)Uses your phone's magnetic sensor to alert you near electronics and also scans for infrared light.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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To achieve this, the Fourier transform essentially scans all possible frequencies and determines how much each contributes to the original function.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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Her loves, her battles, and her relentless pursuit of recognition unfold against the birth of modern cinema, the show’s synopsis reads.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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The city’s fireworks code reads like a laundry list of excessive fines.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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King peruses several cookbooks before settling on Richard Olney’s Lulu’s Provencal Table.—
Elizabeth Wellington,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Proofreads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proofreads. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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