skimming (through)

verb

Definition of skimming (through)next
present participle of skim (through)
as in thumbing (through)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skimming (through)
  1. scanning
  2. surfing
  3. perusing
Verb
  • Worse, because the attacker now has data on email threads or company projects in progress, the phishing attack is even harder for a busy staffer (or executive) to flag as suspicious while scanning their inbox.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There are scanning systems, raster scanning systems, and there are spinning mirrors, and there are micro—there are MEMS devices.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of scanning
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  • When establishing criteria for purposes of the state surfing reserve designation, factors such as wave quality and consistency, surf culture and history, and environmental characteristics, and management priorities will be important.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And so Africans used surfing to understand how to ride waves ashore in these surf canoes.
    — Outside Online, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2025
Definition of surfing
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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
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“Skimming (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimming%20%28through%29. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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