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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
Sara Harowitz, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026
The company blends the nostalgia of bookstore browsing with modern, audio-first habits, testing what storytelling spaces may look like in the future.
—New Atlas, 6 May 2026
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Their quarter zips are also worth a browse, especially the Seasoft Quarter-zip for just $39 in a bright light purple that your dreary winter wardrobe needs.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Visitors can explore Tribune Bay, hike Helliwell Park, kayak at Ford’s Cove, and browse local markets and studios.
—Sara Harowitz, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026
The company blends the nostalgia of bookstore browsing with modern, audio-first habits, testing what storytelling spaces may look like in the future.
—New Atlas, 6 May 2026
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Google says auto browse is designed with safeguards and will pause to ask for confirmation before making purchases or posting content.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Their quarter zips are also worth a browse, especially the Seasoft Quarter-zip for just $39 in a bright light purple that your dreary winter wardrobe needs.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for browse
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With the sun peeking through the clouds over the prairie, the animals leisurely roamed their enclosure, some grazing a few yards from the fence behind which curious members of the public looked on and snapped photos.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Just kind of peeking at the bullpen and getting warm when the starter’s pitch count goes up.—
Jaylon Thompson
May 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
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Betye Saar practically levitates into the room wearing a Max Mara jacket that resembles a bird’s plumage, with a butter-yellow silk Dior dress grazing the ground behind her and a cane in her hand.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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For one, switching from sheep grazing to the more passive business of leasing land would have put the fate of his income in the hands of an outsider.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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For years, tech experts like Hinton predicted displacement by AI partly because some radiologists’ tasks are seemingly formulaic and repetitive, such as reading scans and writing reports.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
4 May 2026
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Across its 140-plus pages, the book traces a postwar landscape of Chicano youth culture through personal essays, interview testimonials, and over a hundred vintage photos, party ads, and scans of record labels and album covers, many with those tags.—
Oliver Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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McDavid’s only goal was a somewhat fluky power-play tally that glanced off defenseman Pavel Mintyukov’s stick.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The hungry yet uninitiated may enter the new 1986 Steak House, glance around and wonder whose likeness that is on the wall.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Browse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browse. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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