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reads

verb

present tense third-person singular of read

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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to tell of or describe beforehand the psychic claimed to be able to read his future

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Recent Examples of reads 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 In October, Griff visits schools dressed as a book character while Bell reads the corresponding story to children, creating a tradition that is equal parts literacy lesson and bulldog theater. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Burns said a panel of judges selected by the library reads each entry and then comes to a consensus on which piece tops the list, as well as what finished second and third. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 One has always had a doctor who explained things patiently, and reads it as reassuring evidence that the system catches problems. — Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 MyStarChain will present its blockchain voting platform MyStarPick, and HiStranger will introduce Insight Flow, a tool that reads biosignals to gauge audience emotional response. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 Even if the rationale behind all of those films are understandable in a vacuum, that recap hardly reads like the story of a blue chip IP. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026 Rick Bensignor, a veteran macro and technical strategist now at Bensignor Investment Strategies, reads the tape as saying that tech has peaked in relative terms and healthcare and financials are better positioned. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

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Emanuel Maiberg talks to an employee at the warehouse where Amazon scans and destroys books for AI training.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
One camera is used for AI perception and scans your lawn to identify objects and other lawn conditions, while the other two work in tandem as a stereo 3D vision system for real-time mapping.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

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The former chief futurist at OpenAI predicts that there will inevitably be rogue AI agents operating independently of human control.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2026
And while storms will cool things off to the low 80s by the end of the week, The Weather Channel predicts that the month's temperatures will be above average for the season.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

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Winner of the Best Actress prize at Sarajevo after premiering in the Berlinale’s Perspectives section, the film has a bleak, unflinching gaze that sometimes skims the edges of shock-value miserablism.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
Take the angles to the extreme with an A-line bob that is much shorter in the back and skims the collarbones in the front.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 July 2026

Definition of skims

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Instead of tax returns, the lender reviews 12 or 24 months of actual bank statements and calculates income from the deposits flowing through the account.

— Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Keep in mind that reviews on both TrustPilot and the BBB cover all of SoFi's products and services, rather than its student loans alone.

— Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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