reads

verb

present tense third-person singular of read
1
as in scans
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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2
as in predicts
to tell of or describe beforehand the psychic claimed to be able to read his future

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Recent Examples of reads This one reads like a sales pitch from a data center builder or artificial intelligence company. — Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 This prescience reads as astounding prophecy today, amidst the shift of enterprise AI spending towards on-premise. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 Skip either half and you’re left with a document nobody reads or a pipe with nothing flowing through it. — Andrew Antos, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The microscope reads these nanoscale expansions, translating physical strain into a visual map of ion flow. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026 It was created by a single, anonymous web developer who is funded but not overseen by the Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, a watchdog nonprofit, the website reads. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 In its earliest pages, the novel reads like a coming-of-age story told through Eddy’s diary entries. — Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 In 2019, another woman reported that Odell drove her to his home, and made uncomfortable comments about a massage table and her body, the affidavit reads. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026 What is the human soul, the caption reads, but a claw pointing back to the forest? — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reads
  1. scans
  2. predicts
  3. peruses
  4. skims
  5. reviews
Verb
  • Emanuel Maiberg talks to an employee at the warehouse where Amazon scans and destroys books for AI training.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • One camera is used for AI perception and scans your lawn to identify objects and other lawn conditions, while the other two work in tandem as a stereo 3D vision system for real-time mapping.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of scans
Verb
  • The model then predicts how much those variants affect molecular function.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The latest forecast predicts the center will pass roughly 115 to 150 miles west of Kauai, close enough that any additional eastward shifts in the track could bring stronger winds and greater impacts, particularly to Kauai, the hurricane center said.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of predicts
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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  • Crafted from the finest, lightest tweed, the dress—chosen by stylist Ramona Tabita—features a sumptuous knotted structure that opens into a generous back neckline and culminates in a majestic train that skims the red carpet.
    — Giacomo Aricò, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Winner of the Best Actress prize at Sarajevo after premiering in the Berlinale’s Perspectives section, the film has a bleak, unflinching gaze that sometimes skims the edges of shock-value miserablism.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of skims
Verb
  • Monar stressed that her country carefully reviews all exports of military equipment in accordance with international law.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Commission of Fine Arts, a seven-member council established by Congress that reviews all new public buildings in Washington, acting as a sort of aesthetic guardian, advised against the addition.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of reviews

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“Reads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reads. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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