perusing

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It's a story I first stumbled on almost a decade ago while perusing the newspaper archives – and the more I dug, the more I discovered.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

It included learning how to speed up tasks like perusing Glassdoor, where people post about their jobs, and suggested the best AI tool for each purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

So next time you’re in the herb aisle, perusing the verdant options, bypass the usual suspects.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

I wondered to myself, scrolling through his more than 750 posts and perusing his 211,000 followers.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024

Finding a career as opposed to a job wouldn’t just come from perusing the contact pages of an alumni directory; it required deeper thought and effort.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama