close reading
Example Sentences
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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
Don’t miss Slate copy chief Sarah Rutledge’s close reading of the use of punctuation in Taylor Swift’s new album title—it’s lowkey poetry in itself.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2024
A close reading of Western history reveals four major ruptures in our thinking about extinction, three of which happened over the past 80 years.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
It was through this close reading that Alex finally came upon the discovery that was to draw him into the case himself, and to have so important a bearing on the outcome of the trial.
From The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity by Coombs, Francis Lovell
