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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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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
Other must reads Emergency room visits at this Loma Linda hospital are long — the third-longest duration nationwide, a Times analysis found.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
This morning’s must reads Irwindale Speedway closed over the weekend, leaving a massive void in the Southern California racing scene, which has seen a string of race track closures over the decades.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Already, Chokepoints reads less like a prescription for the future than a celebration of the past.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
This one hooks through the suitcase handle and reads the exact weight.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Carbon Monoxide Detector This four-in-one detector not only reads carbon monoxide on the road but also detects other combustible, explosive gases, like LPG (methane), propane, and natural gas.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
This morning’s must reads This Latino Republican flipped a deep-blue California Assembly district.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
The troopers reads him his Miranda rights and puts him in handcuffs shortly thereafter.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
This morning’s must reads Irwindale Speedway closed over the weekend, leaving a massive void in the Southern California racing scene, which has seen a string of race track closures over the decades.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Already, Chokepoints reads less like a prescription for the future than a celebration of the past.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
This one hooks through the suitcase handle and reads the exact weight.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Carbon Monoxide Detector This four-in-one detector not only reads carbon monoxide on the road but also detects other combustible, explosive gases, like LPG (methane), propane, and natural gas.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
This morning’s must reads This Latino Republican flipped a deep-blue California Assembly district.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
The troopers reads him his Miranda rights and puts him in handcuffs shortly thereafter.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reads
predicts
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Emerging research supports this view, revealing that the fulfillment of belongingness needs predicts greater relationship maintenance behaviors — but only when accompanied by a strong sense of autonomy.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Hartford Courant Accuweather also predicts Saturday will be cold and rainy.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Reads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reads. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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