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reader

[ree-der] / ˈri dər /


NOUN
one who makes a profession of reading aloud
Synonyms
NOUN
anyone admitted to a library
Synonyms




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Councilmember Monica Rodriguez said that as the license plate reader technology is adopted by other, non-police agencies such as sanitation and street services, the city needs a universal policy governing its use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Several council members voiced unease about proceeding without a better sense of the LAPD’s internal policy on license plate reader use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

If further checks are needed, travellers will need to put their passport on the reader or may be directed to a Border Force officer.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

In Ms. Browne’s compression, the reader immediately understands how Darwin’s diverse interests came to fit together like the pieces of a puzzle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Part of me wants to remind her what an advanced reader I am, but I know that isn’t what she means.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

This article contains details some readers may have found upsetting.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

From wafting tar pits and smells of the beach to native plants and a chocolate factory, our readers smelled Los Angeles and told us about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Not to give away any spoilers, but this is the ultimate lesson in Goldie’s new book, “The Retirement Answer,” and it is the culmination of six key decisions he walks readers through.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

But readers had many questions that the Explainer couldn’t tackle.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

In England, readers wanted detectives like Sherlock Holmes.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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