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as in to peek
to take a quick or hasty look
browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books
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Recent Examples of browse
Melissa Repko, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Even a quick browse through her diaries can tell you what the weather was like in North Dakota at just about any point over the last nine decades.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 July 2025
Expanded to two floors with over 60 vendors and more than 60,000 records to browse and buy, this is one of the largest record fairs in the area.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Verb
Walmart+ drives e-commerce boom A shopper browses near the poultry section at a Walmart in Rosemead, California on December 19, 2024.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Even a quick browse through her diaries can tell you what the weather was like in North Dakota at just about any point over the last nine decades.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
The bird was what is known as a cornerstone species, one whose grazing and browsing helped prune and shape the jungle flora.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 July 2025
Expanded to two floors with over 60 vendors and more than 60,000 records to browse and buy, this is one of the largest record fairs in the area.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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When the moon sits in the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, the sun’s rays peek out from behind the moon and give it a reddish hue, according to London’s Natural History Museum.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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But the tree was perfectly elegant, its green boughs peeking above the low-slung roof covered in traditional gray clay tiles.—
Thessaly La Force,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2025
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This practice involves growing crops or other vegetation, such as pollinator-friendly plants, under solar panels, and sometimes grazing livestock in this greenery.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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The President, speaking about border crossing numbers at the time, was just six minutes into his address when a bullet grazed his right ear.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
10 July 2025
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Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting Cyberguy.com/Delete.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 July 2025
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That’s where scans diagnosed the 42-year-old dad with stage 4 glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
9 July 2025
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What To Know The study revealed that 21% of teen drivers' time on the road is spent glancing at their phones, with 26% of those glances lasting two seconds or longer.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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The 11-yard grounder glanced off Houston’s goalkeeper and into the goal.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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“Browse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browse. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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