as in read
to go over and mentally take in the content of
perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors
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Recent Examples of perused
At the hotel Wednesday afternoon, the main stage was still being set up as guests perused convention hall booths featuring political and media groups.
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
My previous mock draft can be perused here.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Hitler’s personal copy of History of the Expedition, the narrative of the tragic Wegener venture, can be perused in the rare-book collection at the Library of Congress among the 1,200 or so remnant volumes from Hitler’s private library.
—Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Cocktails in hand, attendees perused Calder’s Circus at 100, Grace Rosario Perkins’ Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers exhibit, and Ken Ohara’s Contacts.
—Gaby Keiderling, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2026
As the couple perused the 3,662-square-foot lodge and its adjacent guest cottages, the mother of five began to imagine family getaways spent enjoying dinner around a large antique kitchen table, playing games by the fire, and waking up early to fly fish on the river out back.
—Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025
Guests perused the library and adjoining galleries while enjoying cocktails and a fun card game of chance.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Other shoppers perused a display of traditional sake casks or purchased T-shirts celebrating neighborhood artisans—paper-makers; a bakery specializing in melonpan, a crispy sweet bun—as drum-and-flute music from Asakusa’s annual festival played over the sound system.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Guests perused the breathtaking space designed by French architect Laura Gonzales, who gave the space a modern Art-Nouveau.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
My previous mock draft can be perused here.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Hitler’s personal copy of History of the Expedition, the narrative of the tragic Wegener venture, can be perused in the rare-book collection at the Library of Congress among the 1,200 or so remnant volumes from Hitler’s private library.
—Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Cocktails in hand, attendees perused Calder’s Circus at 100, Grace Rosario Perkins’ Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers exhibit, and Ken Ohara’s Contacts.
—Gaby Keiderling, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2026
As the couple perused the 3,662-square-foot lodge and its adjacent guest cottages, the mother of five began to imagine family getaways spent enjoying dinner around a large antique kitchen table, playing games by the fire, and waking up early to fly fish on the river out back.
—Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025
Guests perused the library and adjoining galleries while enjoying cocktails and a fun card game of chance.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Other shoppers perused a display of traditional sake casks or purchased T-shirts celebrating neighborhood artisans—paper-makers; a bakery specializing in melonpan, a crispy sweet bun—as drum-and-flute music from Asakusa’s annual festival played over the sound system.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Guests perused the breathtaking space designed by French architect Laura Gonzales, who gave the space a modern Art-Nouveau.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perused
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The young girl is reading at a 12th-grade level and mastering math concepts such as fractions, decimals and even exponents.—
Jasmine Viel,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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With read and write speeds of up to 535MB and 350MB, respectively, this SSD is ideal for the typical PC build.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2026
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Yet this is also the same company that ripped the spine off millions of books, scanned their pages, and fed the text into Claude’s training data.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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In August last year, McGrath scanned Ralph's brain using an MRI machine.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Perused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perused. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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