page through

phrasal verb

paged through; paging through; pages through
: to turn the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.) especially in a quick, steady manner
He paged through the magazine looking for the article.

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After paging through items as varied as this Maison Balzac vase, Helle Mardahl bowl, and Edie Parker jelly cake table lighter, I was suddenly reminded that my attraction to witty decor stems from a childhood of imagining what adulthood would look like via Polly Pocket compacts. Lauren Vaccaro, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2024 Between the lines: Months later, the founder was paging through old photos of the Creamery Building provided by the Tempe Historical Society and saw the mysterious man in one of them. Jessica Boehm, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024 Reading Behave can feel like paging through an operating manual for our bewildering human machinery: Its insights are useful, eye-opening, and important. Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024 Slotnick remembers lying under the dining-room table as a child in New Jersey, paging through her mother’s copy, and eating cookies. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 Zhang fondly recalled biking through the vortex of street venders at the university’s south gate and paging through lecture posters on the campus bulletins. Chang Che, The New Yorker, 30 July 2024 All 32 Olympic sports will have a dedicated page through Max or Discovery+, depending on the territory. Ben Croll, Variety, 25 July 2024 Lowe and sons break into the trophy case and retrieves his yearbook to page through some of his famous co-eds. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 14 June 2024 Discover more deals on hiking shoes below, and start paging through the guidebook for your summer vacation destination now to find the best places to break them in. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024

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“Page through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/page%20through. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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