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

This was the tame version, too, after a friend read the first draft and told him to rein it in a bit.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
If black isn’t your thing, the satin silhouette also comes in metallic hues that read like copper and bronze.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of read

Verb

Winner of the Best Actress prize at Sarajevo after premiering in the Berlinale’s Perspectives section, the film has a bleak, unflinching gaze that sometimes skims the edges of shock-value miserablism.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
Over the Fourth of July weekend, a series of storms skimmed the south of the city, pummeling Coney Island and the Rockaways with sand and sending beach umbrellas spinning like tops.

— Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of skim

Verb

While LinkedIn matchmakers are strictly prohibited under the platform’s guidelines, professional matchmakers recommend researching potential partners online, including scanning their LinkedIn profiles.

— Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Many shuffled between the help desk and the hospital notice board, clutching photographs and scanning injured patients' lists in the hope of finding them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of scan

Verb

Before it was taken down, the shadowy dark web service called Nexus allowed virtually anybody to peruse identity documents of over 170 million people in the US and Canada.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026
While perusing pictures of Schumacher in the late ’90s and early 2000s, Leclerc was style-struck.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of peruse

Verb

Multitudes of data points are harvested, from browsing activity and product views to purchase history and email engagement.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
The company says the model can perform advanced software engineering, computer use, browsing, and scientific work.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026