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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
PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
Try starting with the grocery section, browsing aisles of fresh produce, bakery items, ready-to-bake meals, and frozen goods.
—Amanda Eiden, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot
Trees, Shrubs, and Weeds
In fall, winter, and early spring, the browse category is mostly described as woody objects, such leaves, twigs, and protruding buds set to become leaves in coming weeks or months.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Productivity and Content Creation Tests Our primary overall benchmark, UL's PCMark 10, puts a system through its paces in productivity apps ranging from web browsing to word processing and spreadsheet work.
—PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
Try starting with the grocery section, browsing aisles of fresh produce, bakery items, ready-to-bake meals, and frozen goods.
—Amanda Eiden, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
Typically, deer browse on branches less than 1 inch in diameter.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot
Trees, Shrubs, and Weeds
In fall, winter, and early spring, the browse category is mostly described as woody objects, such leaves, twigs, and protruding buds set to become leaves in coming weeks or months.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for browse
Verb
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Inspired by clean textiles grazing bare skin, the scent was made for lounging in crisp white sheets.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
13 Mar. 2025
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The bullet grazed the victim’s head, and the shooter ran away.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The image, posted June 17 by North Carolina’s Candid Critters, shows something in the dark with hollow black eyes appearing to peek curiously into the camera.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2025
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The mule’s pointed open toe design, too, will look supremely attractive when peeking out from your wide-leg trousers or pleated maxi skirt.—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To accomplish this, Courtney Brown and Cezary Gajewski constructed 3D fabrications of a Late Cretaceous-era Parasaurolophus’ skull and nasal passages based on fossil CT scans.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2025
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An ambulance was called, and upon arrival at the hospital, a doctor immediately ordered a CT scan.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Always-On display is bright and easy to glance at, while the double-tap gesture makes controlling it effortless, even when your hands are full.—
Juhi Wadia,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
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As Glenn and Zelenskyy exchanged barbs on the subject, C-SPAN's footage captured Rubio looking around sharply, before training his gaze directly ahead and glancing sideways at the presidents.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Browse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browse. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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