rereading

verb

Definition of rereadingnext
present participle of reread
as in proofreading

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  1. proofreading
  2. perusing
  3. reviewing
  4. studying
  5. deciphering
Verb
  • Is anyone/anything proofreading your paper before it gets printed?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
  • Given a list, the sorts of things Americans are comfortable with AI doing tend to be impersonal or even boring tasks, as well as those that less directly impact them, like proofreading or searching online.
    — Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of proofreading
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  • Makeup Deals As a makeup connoisseur, perusing pages of beauty products was hardly a grueling task.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • Some users such as Courey are also perusing the platform to buy, sell and lease farmland.
    — Lizzie Kane July 18, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of perusing
Verb
  • Tyson said investigators are interviewing witnesses, reviewing security footage and coordinating with the Anson County Sheriff’s Office, which responded to the office Tuesday after a confrontation between Helms and others.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
  • The device also features a small joystick, likely the 13th key, that can trigger reusable Codex Skills and common workflows such as debugging an error, reviewing a pull request, or refactoring code.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026
Definition of reviewing
Verb
  • At the same time, the researchers are also studying how to turn the leftover seaweed biomass into chemicals, fuel, and fertilizer.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
  • While studying art history in college, Goldberg also earned a Bachelor of Arts in education and a Masters in guidance and school counseling at Brooklyn College.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
Definition of studying
Verb
  • Jonestown afflicted Naipaul’s vision, his way of deciphering not just political manias but the dreariness of urban life, the perpetual doom of the nuclear-arms race.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
  • In 2023, the Vesuvius Challenge made its first award for deciphering the first letters, and the following year, the project awarded the grand prize of $700,000 for producing the first readable text.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
Definition of deciphering
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