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perusal

[puh-roo-zuhl] / pəˈru zəl /


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The meandering floor plan, with its rooms of various sizes and orientations alongside their resulting passageways and corners, demands that you wander, not map, your perusal of the galleries.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

From his earliest days Mr. King wrote—and rewrote—a great deal, and it seems few of his pages escaped Ms. Bicks’s perusal.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Based on a perusal of Glassdoor and Salary.com, he said, the average corporate Target salary ran at about $90,000 to $100,000 a year.

From MarketWatch Oct. 26, 2025

Smith’s filing, for Judge Tanya Chutkan’s perusal, argues that Trump’s actions fell well outside his official duties as president.

From Slate Oct. 5, 2024

She left a note which I have enclosed for your perusal.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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