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close reading

NOUN
textual criticism
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But a few sharp traders who bet on an anti-cartel ground operation ended up winning, thanks to a close reading of Polymarket’s rules.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 2026

Pacino is the only one he hasn’t worked with, though he came close, reading for “Author! Author!” with Pacino at the Regency Hotel when he was 15 years old.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2025

But when we turn to those, a close reading of Radan shows him arguing against himself, in all but the narrowest sense.

From Salon Dec. 16, 2023

Indeed, a close reading of that case suggests that five of the nine justices on the court thought it did not.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2023

A close reading of Montagne's description discloses but one point of difference.

From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.




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