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peruses

verb

present tense third-person singular of peruse

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 Crook peruses the crowds, picking his moments carefully. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026 Martha frequently grabs a bowl for serving dinner or peruses a favorite cookbook. — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 11 May 2026 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. — 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 In the first episode of Turn of the Tide, a 2023 Netflix series set two decades prior in the Azorean working-class neighborhood of Rabo de Peixe, a young man peruses DVDs in a video rental store. — Philip Sherburne, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024

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In 1996, when the first three novels were reprinted again, Kennedy appended a prelude that reads like an account of the cycle’s evolution—except that the author of these books is identified as Billy Phelan’s nephew Daniel Quinn.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Within seconds of a leader walking into a room, a team reads and reflects the kind of energy that person is projecting.

— Tony Loyd, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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