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as in to peek
to take a quick or hasty look
browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books
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Recent Examples of browse
Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
For now, there’s no option to browse the web or send messages from 35,000 feet.
—Scott Campbell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot
Trees, Shrubs, and Weeds
In fall, winter, and early spring, the browse category is mostly described as woody objects, such leaves, twigs, and protruding buds set to become leaves in coming weeks or months.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The event includes a donation bar with beer and wine, plus the chance to browse and buy original artwork.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
For now, there’s no option to browse the web or send messages from 35,000 feet.
—Scott Campbell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
Typically, deer browse on branches less than 1 inch in diameter.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot
Trees, Shrubs, and Weeds
In fall, winter, and early spring, the browse category is mostly described as woody objects, such leaves, twigs, and protruding buds set to become leaves in coming weeks or months.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for browse
Verb
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The stepbrother was shot in the leg while the father’s arm was grazed.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Nearly all the materials used to build the lodge were sourced locally: pine harvested sustainably from the surrounding forests, wool sheared from the sheep that graze in the pastures outside, stone from nearby quarries.—
Jeff Chu,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Orange indicates starlight peeking through the dust: bluer wavelengths are blocked by dust, leaving only the redder light to shine through.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Because Shakespeare’s characters typically wrestle with agency, Parent’s production is playful in new ways — fate doesn’t have to dictate outcome, expectations can be defied, tragedy can peek out from behind comedy.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But the scans allowed Windholz and his colleagues to see that these hollow cavities inside the vertebrate were connected to the outside through cortical openings called foramina.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
19 Apr. 2025
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI scans Purpose: MRIs are scans that can create detailed images of the internal structures of the body, including organs, bones, muscles and blood vessels, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Whelan smiled and thanked her, then glanced at his phone.—
Quinn Klinefelter,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2025
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After Fernando Redondo’s glancing header gave Miami a 2-1 lead in the 61st minute, Miami were awarded a penalty kick after LAFC defender Marlon handled the ball in the 84th minute.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Browse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browse. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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