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View definitions for glance

glance

noun as in brief look

noun as in reflection of light

verb as in reflect light

verb as in ricochet, hit off of something

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This activity card shows users new, relevant listings that have been posted since the user last searched for a particular job, making it easier for jobseekers to tell whether new listings are available at a glance.

That’s a smart suggestion, and something I wish I’d thought to look at, although after taking a very brief glance at it now, I’m not sure how much it would have mattered.

Profile attributes appear in your GMB listing, local Knowledge Panel and the local 3-pack, and make details about how your business is operating available at a glance.

The best way to absorb that data is a quick glance at a chart or graph.

Still, you may one day pass a big rig and, with a startled glance into the cab, notice no one’s at the wheel.

The two major complaints minority communities have against the police seem at first glance paradoxical.

In Greek mythology, the Gorgon Medusa had the face of a woman and poisonous snakes for hair; her glance could turn men to stone.

At first glance, it might be tempting to interpret this extravagant level of compensation as a victory for the once-humble intern.

It only takes one glance of Alton's Ebola Survival Handbook to recognize the real threat: him.

He was very sincere and nice, but I saw him glance at the pink moustache across my lip.

Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.

At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.

Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.

She glanced up at him softly, under long lashes,—a thrilling glance; but he missed its radiance, for his own eyes were far away.

Suddenly he shot a disturbing glance at Tressan's face, and the corner of his wild-cat mustachios twitched.

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On this page you'll find 142 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to glance, such as: glimpse, peek, eye, eyeball, flash, and gander.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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