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
In May 2024, OpenAI reported that groups based in Russia, China, Iran, and Israel used the company's AI models to generate short comments on social media, as well as translate and proofread text in various languages.
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Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 23 Feb. 2025
Using Grammarly, a spell check plug-in that utilizes generative AI, to proofread a paper.
—Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Marketers can support this activity by providing content for SMEs to share, helping to manage their accounts and offering to proofread their posts.
—Bradley Keenan, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Enhance Your Communication to Improve Productivity at Work AI writing assistants dramatically enhance communication quality and efficiency by offering context-aware suggestions, alternative styles, text expansion, and proofreading that improve everything from emails to detailed reports.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 23 Feb. 2025
Using Grammarly, a spell check plug-in that utilizes generative AI, to proofread a paper.
—Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Marketers can support this activity by providing content for SMEs to share, helping to manage their accounts and offering to proofread their posts.
—Bradley Keenan, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Enhance Your Communication to Improve Productivity at Work AI writing assistants dramatically enhance communication quality and efficiency by offering context-aware suggestions, alternative styles, text expansion, and proofreading that improve everything from emails to detailed reports.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proofread
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Will the policy be reviewed? April 3, 2025 4:00 AM See all stories 208-703-8818 Alex Brizee covers Criminal Justice for the Idaho Statesman.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Apr. 2025
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Heroes also sit in their cubicle for decades studying their systems, and knowing their systems front and back.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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Their team has been awarded 23 more hours of JWST time to study four additional planetary systems, aiming to determine whether their gas giants formed through core accretion.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Forty-two years later, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Steves stumbled upon his diary, rereading passages about his formative trip.—
Laura Manske,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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To sort it out, researchers took a closer look at the museum specimens, tested their DNA, compared photos of the live snakes and reread their notes from the field, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the night, Booker read letters from constituents worried about losing access to affordable health care, emphasizing that these concerns were not abstract but deeply personal for millions of people.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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The New Jersey Democrat at times read letters from constituents affected by actions by the administrations in its opening months.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
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Guests who have opted into the biometric journey will be asked to scan their passport and look into the camera of one of the biometric face pods which will then validate their information.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Possibly this is because they were built by scanning edited and airbrushed photos—not just of professionally attractive people, but of us.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Proofread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proofread. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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