peruse
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Artificial intelligence over time can peruse the data, find patterns and change the interpretation and action layers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
But the only architectural feats eliciting "oohs" and "aahs" this autumn morning are of the sponge variety, as enthusiasts peruse the gravity-defying gateaux from the city's gourmands.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
If I’m traveling and visiting family, I’ll peruse their library and borrow something that seems interesting.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2026
In 2020, a house hunter in Boise, Ida., could peruse over 20 properties for sale before encountering one listed for $1 million or more.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
In the corner, Joaquin can see Maya and Claire chattering away, their heads together, while Lauren and her dad peruse the barbecue buffet that Linda’s set out.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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My wife peruses L.A. condo listings frequently and the two of us have periodically gone with a Los Angeles real-estate agent to see new listings.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
The 17-year-old from Manchester enjoys deciphering the messages behind plates - phrases like YOU 105T are popular - and peruses Facebook groups where different combinations are shared.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
Anyone who peruses Reddit regularly can’t miss the bots: As one user commented recently, “Pay attention to a lot of the new posts—they all start off the same. ‘
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2024
When Parkkinen wants to expand the class’ repertoire, he visits Los Angeles’ Central Library and peruses the performance section; recently he was inspired by exercises found in a 1920s book for vaudevillians.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
“You have Ethan and Lainie listed here, but not Tante Padva,” he says as he peruses it.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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It’s meant to be picked up, perused and admired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
He showered me with scarves and necklaces as we perused the trendy Melrose Avenue shops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
On a Friday morning in late October, at the nursery’s last monthly open house of the year, Cynthia Deery perused the plants on sale.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
"The courts have perused hundreds of pages of documents to reach this decision. For Parliament simply to say the facts are different would be constitutionally really quite extraordinary."
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
Mr. St. John—sitting as still as one of the dusty pictures on the walls, keeping his eyes fixed on the page he perused, and his lips mutely sealed—was easy enough to examine.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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While perusing them, he said he discovered that the foreword to their book had been plagiarized from an article written by a BBC reporter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
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
So next time you’re in the herb aisle, perusing the verdant options, bypass the usual suspects.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
For the “Survivor” host and executive producer, a perfect day includes playing tennis, perusing the vinyls at Freakbeat Records and finding small ways to connect with his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
I don't know why Photo Drive-Up enjoyed torturing their customers, but they made you take your passport photo out in the open—so that anyone perusing the new-releases aisle could watch.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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