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as in to scan
to go over and mentally take in the content of
he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast
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as in to predict
to tell of or describe beforehand
the psychic claimed to be able to read his future
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Recent Examples of read
Large numbers make this basic, no-frills alarm clock easy to read.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Continue reading … IN OTHER NEWS HOME SWEET HOME — Two cities with the same name are dominating America's hottest housing markets.
—FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
The installation could be read as an invocation of Cadet’s mother’s Washington Heights apartment.
—Elly Fishman, Vogue, 8 May 2026
Namely, Last Driver will be published in a landscape format to be read horizontally.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Continue reading … IN OTHER NEWS HOME SWEET HOME — Two cities with the same name are dominating America's hottest housing markets.
—FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
The installation could be read as an invocation of Cadet’s mother’s Washington Heights apartment.
—Elly Fishman, Vogue, 8 May 2026
Namely, Last Driver will be published in a landscape format to be read horizontally.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
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Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora curated the mobile interactive mural exhibit, which evolved from the existing murals seen in Overtown that highlight the neighborhood’s history, and include a QR code for visitors to scan and learn about the stories behind them.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Another scans the competitive landscape every few hours.—
Mukund Jha,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Many eclipse chasers ignored South America's total solar eclipse in 2019, which was short and predicted by some to be cloudy, for a slightly longer, supposedly clearer one in 2020 in almost the same place.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 May 2026
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Green had predicted on his podcast once the season ended that Kerr wouldn’t return.—
Janie McCauley,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Amble along historic Pine Avenue to peruse local shops, grab lunch, or visit Anna Maria Island Historical Society Museum.—
Lisa A. Beach,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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Last week, my daughter and I perused the menu online together, and she was drawn to the Falafel & Farro Bowls with Feta, Veggies & Garlic Tahini Sauce.—
Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 May 2026
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This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, and reviewed and distributed by Stacker.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media’s AI policy.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
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Don’t skim the surface, and get to the bottom of things.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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The SpanxSupersmooth SoftStretch Slim Joggers skim the body for a look that’s slightly tailored but still loose.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 2026
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Stanford University even studied Chino as a model for post-COVID academic recovery.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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So scientists like McClymont look for clever ways to study obscure features of the past, such as her research focus of how the Antarctic environment has changed over tens of thousands of years.—
Hannah Richter,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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“Read.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/read. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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