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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Every Monday after an Eagles game, Nick Sirianni reviews a personal checklist based on his core principles to determine how his team played — win or lose.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025 -
The Birmingham food commentator, who can be found on both Instagram and TikTok, reviews burgers across Alabama, and increasingly the country.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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According to Alison Gopnik, a developmental psychologist at UC Berkeley who also studies AI, the current debate about sentient machines revolves around this fundamental confusion.—
Webb Wright,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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The movie followed Daniel Radcliffe as the titular character, chronicling his life as a young wizard who studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry alongside his friends, Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson).—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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The software scans for visible firearms and sends an alert whenever a potential threat appears.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Their solution, ActiveGuard, scans an organization’s infrastructure 24/7 to map cryptographic systems and enable quantum-safe upgrades.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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To keep the room bright and inviting without veering into stark, Scott painted the walls and ceiling a sandy tone (Valspar Quill) that reads paler in the daylight.—
Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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Then, being a better decision-maker with the ball, being a better roller, good reads off the short roll.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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