as in reads
to go over and mentally take in the content of
perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors
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Recent Examples of peruses
In an episode 4 scene, Sadie Sink's Max peruses through Vecna's memories, seeing a younger Joyce passing out flyers for the school play Oklahoma, which is a big plot point in the ST stage play.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Dec. 2025
King peruses several cookbooks before settling on Richard Olney’s Lulu’s Provencal Table.
—Elizabeth Wellington, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
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Buckter guided her toward a palette where the colors relate to one another in a classic way, the kind that instantly reads as San Francisco.—
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Easy to dress up or down, this silhouette still reads polished, especially in a classic true-blue wash like this one.—
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“Peruses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peruses. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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