SKIMMED (THROUGH) Synonyms: 20 Similar Words

skimmed (through)

verb

past tense of skim (through)

as in thumbed (through)

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scanned

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Authorities install a chip that is scanned by machines along federal highways.

— Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Researchers gathered 62 people who had never taken a psychedelic before, gave them 19 milligrams of psilocybin, a common psychedelic found in certain fungi, and scanned their brains.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026

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