skimmed (through)

Definition of skimmed (through)next
past tense of skim (through)

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scanned
Verb
  • Yet this is also the same company that ripped the spine off millions of books, scanned their pages, and fed the text into Claude’s training data.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In August last year, McGrath scanned Ralph's brain using an MRI machine.
    Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Skimmed (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimmed%20%28through%29. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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