Thesaurus results for SPEED-READ

speed-read

verb

as in to read

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Recent Examples of speed-read Butler opened up some articles and speed-read like never before. — Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for speed-read

Verb

Arteaga read a list with the names, ages and home countries of all 23 people killed.

— Noah Vinsky July 25, Charlotte Observer, 26 July 2026
Sovereignty is the word carrying the most weight in the letter, and most coverage reads it as a trade term.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of read

Verb

Length-wise, styles that sit at the center of the neck – and higher iterations that verge on a nostalgic choker—are among the most popular, while longer iterations that skim the sternum offer more of an impact.

— Alice Cary, Vogue, 27 July 2026
The law enforcement teams searching Arkansas businesses also gave out educational materials to help business owners identify skimming devices, the release states.

— Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 27 July 2026

Definition of skim

Verb

That’s what startup Casana is betting will be the next billion-dollar opportunity with its smart toilet seats, which have sensors that can scan vitals like blood pressure, heart rate and blood oxygen, and then connect the results to a phone app.

— Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
And for all the whinging about the cast’s racial diversity, the actor who in some ways reads least as an ancient Greek is Matt Damon, whose Odysseus scans as American, which is almost certainly the point.

— Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026