as in thumbs (through)
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Webroot Essentials launches almost three times faster, scans six times faster, and takes up 33 times less space than top competitors.—
PCMag BrandX for Webroot,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025 -
Another uses expense software that scans receipts and categorizes them automatically.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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King peruses several cookbooks before settling on Richard Olney’s Lulu’s Provencal Table.—
Elizabeth Wellington,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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Deputy Public Works Director Carlos Zepeda said the department’s staff inspects the parks on a regular basis, looking out for things that need immediate fixes.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
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The cleanup specialist inspects the code.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Skims (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skims%20%28through%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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