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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peruses
reads
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Last week, the Rays response reads, the county identified an additional $60 million shortfall based on the assumption that Community Investment Tax bonds would be taxable.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Lily is the quickest to figure out the detective stories that George reads them every evening in the field, but otherwise smarts count for little in a quiet life of grazing and dozing.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Peruses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peruses. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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