proofreads

verb

present tense third-person singular of proofread
as in reviews
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. — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proofreads
  1. reviews
  2. studies
  3. scans
  4. reads
  5. peruses
Verb
  • Code review latency stayed flat, because an agent now reviews code and calls in a second human only when risk warrants it, saving 30 percent of human review time.
    — John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • If one frame triggers concern, the system reviews additional frames before escalating the case for human review, blocking the content, or terminating the call, depending on the specific platform specifications.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of reviews
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  • OpenAI employs top mathematicians and physicists—including one who studies black holes, and another who specializes in string theory.
    — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Next, the attacker studies how different AI models respond when asked to locate that resource.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of studies
Verb
  • The excess of emotion often scans as winkingly facetious, a dramatization to demonstrate just how deeply a person loves books.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
  • The Incogni app, a PCMag Editors’ Choice winner, scans hundreds of people-search websites and personal data aggregators and automates the process of opting your data out of their collections.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026
Definition of scans
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  • The shortlist reads as a who’s who of global stars, with Michael Olise, Rodri, Vinicius Jr, Messi, and Lamine Yamal all making the top 20.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • To me, jasmine reads more mystical and fresh than hyper-femme or basic bloom.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 July 2026
Definition of reads
Verb
  • Crook peruses the crowds, picking his moments carefully.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • Martha frequently grabs a bowl for serving dinner or peruses a favorite cookbook.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
Definition of peruses

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