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as in to scan
to go over and mentally take in the content of
he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast
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as in to predict
to tell of or describe beforehand
the psychic claimed to be able to read his future
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
In the last eight years, only 1 in 5 nominations and wins have gone to women, the report read.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
While mostly reading from prepared remarks, Levine Cava departed from the script early on when a granddaughter in the front row began crying about four minutes into the mayor’s speech.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
Along the way, Chihaya dedicated her life to reading.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
In the last eight years, only 1 in 5 nominations and wins have gone to women, the report read.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
While mostly reading from prepared remarks, Levine Cava departed from the script early on when a granddaughter in the front row began crying about four minutes into the mayor’s speech.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
Along the way, Chihaya dedicated her life to reading.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
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Doing so literally means signing his life away, as Mickey 1 (the OG version of his character) agrees to have his body scanned and his memories archived, so he can be replicated — and recycled — ad infinitum, every time an unlucky copy hits a snag.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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Speaking to local news outlet WREG, Memphis police said Cross entered the store with another woman, with the pair then using an old watch bar code battery to scan a number of items at a self-service machine for just $1 each.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Fundamental research in the biology of branching helps cure cardiovascular diseases and cancer, design materials that can heal themselves and predict how trees will respond to a changing climate.—
Mitchell Newberry,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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That’s the part that’s really difficult to predict and build into an analysis.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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The brand also has countless other cowgirl boots options to peruse.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
8 Feb. 2025
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Telling her that her submissions had been rejected and giving a false address for the magazine, Chambrun was able to get away with it—until Gallant stumbled across one of her stories while perusing The New Yorker at the American Library in Madrid, Spain, in 1952.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Feb. 2025
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Federal officials review cost summaries, floor plans and other information to determine that rate.—
Emily Badger,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Thanks to the development of a special ferret-sized tracking collar, scientists are now reviewing data collected last fall to peek into the secret underground lives of the rare and elusive animals.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Simmer, uncovered, over medium heat until the sauce is reduced slightly and thickened to a rich consistency, 10 to 12 minutes, skimming any fat as necessary.—
Lynda Balslev,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
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However, a civil lawsuit submitted during this time has alleged Hamas skimmed $1 billion of UNRWA funding, alleging top officials at the agency knew about it.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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Designed to study Earth's Van Allen radiation belts, CIRBE launched in April 2023 but fell silent in mid-April 2024 as the result of an onboard technical issue.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Their discovery is tied to some of the earliest data from the Euclid telescope, which launched in July 2023 to study the dark universe — the parts of the cosmos scientists can’t directly see — and spent the first few months calibrating and testing its instruments.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Read.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/read. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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