cursory

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Cursory research shows that medical providers of all kinds routinely overbook patient appointments to make up for lost revenue from no-shows and late arrivals.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

Cursory, early searches of her social media history are turning up some truly not great stuff!

From Slate • May 14, 2022

Edmond Malone’s Cursory Observations was the most timely publication in the Rowley controversy.

From Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) by Kuist, James M.

Nor is this the only circumstance, which induces me to take such particular notice of the Cursory Remarks.

From An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions by Clarkson, Thomas

Cursory and incomprehensible, but conclusive; and Lance, who minded enough to have lost sleep and gained a headache, marvelled over young men's lightness and buoyancy. 

From The Long Vacation by Yonge, Charlotte Mary