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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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Recent Examples of proofreads
This triggers a pathway called mismatch repair (MMR), a process through which the cell proofreads the DNA and corrects mismatches.
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Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proofreads
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And federal law enforcement regularly queries the FISA database for Americans' information and reviews their content.—
Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
12 June 2026
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The agreement will become effective after Town Attorney Clay Patton reviews it.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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The 21-year-old Cornell University student, who studies finance and computer science and trades stocks on the side, once invested in aircraft-connectivity companies that many investors believed would be insulated from competition.—
Sean Conlon,Yun Li,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
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It is still practiced today, with its strongest followings in parts of Asia, Africa and Canada, according to Susan Palmer, a sociologist who studies new religious movements at Concordia University in Montreal.—
Krysta Fauria,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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Barclays says that markets are more euphoric than ever, tracking it through an index that scans the options market across roughly 700 stocks for the signs of speculative chasing.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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Anthony scans me for a long moment.—
Shyla Watson,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Ernst Baerwald’s odyssey from a cushy childhood in Frankfurt to his final days in a beautiful Berkeley mansion, with a long sojourn in Tokyo along the way, reads like, well, a novel.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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The customer here reads context, craft and cultural fluency immediately.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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Martha frequently grabs a bowl for serving dinner or peruses a favorite cookbook.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
11 May 2026
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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
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“Proofreads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proofreads. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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