as in to review
to look for and correct mistakes in (a written or printed piece of writing)
He proofread the essay carefully.
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Recent Examples of proofread
Those features included writing tools that can proofread or rewrite text, a new design for Siri that makes the whole phone screen glow and notification summaries.
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
For example, students who spend semesters or summers immersed in internships often start with tasks like logging data, responding to emails, or proofreading reports.
—Marvin Krislov, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The first wave of Apple Intelligence features includes writing tools that can proofread or rewrite text, new features that can remove objects from photos and a feature that can summarize a stack of notifications into a single message.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
Instead of copying and pasting the final, proofread version from Link’s office, the outside vendor that prepared the 2,687 electronic ballots for overseas and military voters had re-inputted a small amount of information.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
For example, students who spend semesters or summers immersed in internships often start with tasks like logging data, responding to emails, or proofreading reports.
—Marvin Krislov, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The first wave of Apple Intelligence features includes writing tools that can proofread or rewrite text, new features that can remove objects from photos and a feature that can summarize a stack of notifications into a single message.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
Instead of copying and pasting the final, proofread version from Link’s office, the outside vendor that prepared the 2,687 electronic ballots for overseas and military voters had re-inputted a small amount of information.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proofread
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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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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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The legislation would allow for greater federal resources to study and work to replenish the species, plus create a framework for land-grant university research the white oaks, per the Kentucky Courier Journal.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
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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In her memoir, Chihaya rereads the stories that shaped her, in an effort to trace the roots of her breakdown and chart a new path forward.—
Kristen Martin,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
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Sanders read and reread the rule book and took the same weekly rules test as the league’s officials.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Dec. 2024
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To learn more information on our reporting and testing processes, read our complete reviews process and methodology page.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Scorecard also shows students fell further behind in reading from 2022 to 2024.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
11 Feb. 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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