skimmed (through)

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

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  • Gracey’s father flew to Barcelona, where city police patrolled the streets and scanned the nearby beach for signs of the 20-year-old.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Anthropic, it was revealed, pirated millions of digital books to train its Claude chatbot and scanned and shredded millions of more physical ones.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 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 24 Mar. 2026.

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