Thesaurus results for SPEED-READING

speed-reading

verb

Definition of speed-reading

present participle of speed-read

as in reading

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Kelce's vows were equally long, bringing the vow reading alone to well over half an hour.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 6 July 2026
Keep reading to find out what makes this outdoor kitchen worthy of adding to your space.

— Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

Definition of reading

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While scanning the roadside along I-80 offers a quick, anecdotal glimpse of the winter ahead, local districts maintain contact with Reclamation to track how much runoff will actually make its way to Folsom Lake.

— Corey Schmidt July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Defender normally places hard limits on how big a file can be written to disk when scanning and quarantining a machine.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

Definition of scanning

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Beyond the display, the Dell 24 All-in-One Desktop rocks a 13th-generation Intel Core i5-1334U processor, which is a standard CPU good for basic, light-load tasks like browsing, streaming, or playing around with documents.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026
In other words, romance novels plant the hope, and romance bookstores give readers somewhere to act on it by lingering, browsing, joining a book club or striking up a conversation.

— Katelyn Frey, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Definition of browsing

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Zendaya traded her beige dress for a white gown by Matières Fécales, with floor-skimming wings.

— Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
The Rotary Mouse is suited for user tasks that require a lot of scrolling such as reading websites, writing lengthy documents, skimming spreadsheets, coding, or large amounts of video editing.

— Shirl Leigh July 12, New Atlas, 12 July 2026

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Get ahead of the fad cycle by perusing these casual-cool pants inspired by Oprah, Jennifer Lawrence, and Sarah Jessica Parker.

— Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Some may also argue that battery life is one of the MacBook Neo strengths, but perusing the actual third-party, quantitative tests that have been published to date disproves that.

— Marco Chiappetta, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of perusing

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