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as in scans
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 predicts
to tell of or describe beforehand
the psychic claimed to be able to read his future
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This morning’s must reads This Latino Republican flipped a deep-blue California Assembly district.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
The troopers reads him his Miranda rights and puts him in handcuffs shortly thereafter.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
If a tire reads 1219, it was manufactured during the week of March 18, 2019, and would need to be replaced.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
The recipe reads like someone trying to remember what’s in a Vieux Carre but keeps mixing it up with a Sazerac.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
Virtuoso v2 reads the Maxwell’s tracking data directly, eliminating the need for complicated setups.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
In preparation, Good reads each book authored by his guests, which is not the norm in our world of skimming.
—Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
This morning’s must reads When the Olympic Games land in Los Angeles in 2028, neighboring Long Beach will also play a supporting role.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
The troopers reads him his Miranda rights and puts him in handcuffs shortly thereafter.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
If a tire reads 1219, it was manufactured during the week of March 18, 2019, and would need to be replaced.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
The recipe reads like someone trying to remember what’s in a Vieux Carre but keeps mixing it up with a Sazerac.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
Virtuoso v2 reads the Maxwell’s tracking data directly, eliminating the need for complicated setups.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
In preparation, Good reads each book authored by his guests, which is not the norm in our world of skimming.
—Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
This morning’s must reads When the Olympic Games land in Los Angeles in 2028, neighboring Long Beach will also play a supporting role.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Reads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reads. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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