as in peeked
to take a quick or hasty look
just glimpsed at the photo then turned his attention elsewhere
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Recent Examples of glimpsed
Right now, the rascal in him slumbers, briefly glimpsed now and again behind dark shades.
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Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
This peril—glimpsed as well in studies of Reconstruction- and Jim Crow–era America—deserves greater consideration than is afforded by Blakely’s cursory account.
—Colin Cepuran, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Hangouts of four or five that can be glimpsed with the naked eye are less common and occur every few years.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Over a century of excavation, paleontologists have glimpsed a valley full of conifers that were apparently teeming with vegetarians, says Amy Henrici, a retired Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontology collection manager, who was not involved in the new research.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
However, some people present that day, glimpsed in COVID masks — such as the man beneath the van and a nurse reaching out to check on him for lengthy periods — don’t show up themselves.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
Other actors with Abdul-Mateen’s wide smile, soft voice, and broad shoulders may have just leaned on their looks to cover up their character’s least-likable moments — as if gobs of charm in one scene can erase the ugliness glimpsed in others.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
This sensibility is wonderfully demure (to use the mot du jour) and understated, letting the true star—the sweeping views of Portofino Bay, glimpsed through the doors to the balconies—really shine.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Though the entire look evoked a jellyfish, small white butterflies could also be glimpsed on the athlete’s apparel and accessories — a reference to Osaka’s 2021 Australian Open tennis match when the athlete moved a butterfly that landed on her face off the court.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
This peril—glimpsed as well in studies of Reconstruction- and Jim Crow–era America—deserves greater consideration than is afforded by Blakely’s cursory account.
—Colin Cepuran, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Hangouts of four or five that can be glimpsed with the naked eye are less common and occur every few years.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Over a century of excavation, paleontologists have glimpsed a valley full of conifers that were apparently teeming with vegetarians, says Amy Henrici, a retired Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontology collection manager, who was not involved in the new research.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
However, some people present that day, glimpsed in COVID masks — such as the man beneath the van and a nurse reaching out to check on him for lengthy periods — don’t show up themselves.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
Other actors with Abdul-Mateen’s wide smile, soft voice, and broad shoulders may have just leaned on their looks to cover up their character’s least-likable moments — as if gobs of charm in one scene can erase the ugliness glimpsed in others.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
This sensibility is wonderfully demure (to use the mot du jour) and understated, letting the true star—the sweeping views of Portofino Bay, glimpsed through the doors to the balconies—really shine.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Though the entire look evoked a jellyfish, small white butterflies could also be glimpsed on the athlete’s apparel and accessories — a reference to Osaka’s 2021 Australian Open tennis match when the athlete moved a butterfly that landed on her face off the court.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glimpsed
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For the occasion, my mother had put on her Balenciaga, a black dress with two wide shoulder straps, a firm bodice, a full skirt that ended a few inches above the ankles, and the illusion of an underskirt supplied by a band of taffeta ruffles, also black, that peeked out from beneath the hem.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Singer, rapper, and actress Shayna McHale (also known as Junglepussy) peeked out from under a single luminous, face-framing curl, which gathered above her graphite gown’s swooping ruffled details.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Yet DeSantis and legislative leaders haven’t even glanced in the direction of meaningful changes that would require Florida’s wealthiest corporations to pay their fair share, and reduce the burden on the struggling class of workers who make this state’s economy hum.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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Toronto captain Auston Matthews, who hit the post in the third period on a shot that glanced off Vasilevskiy, has now gone 11 games without scoring, and has just one goal in his last 15 games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Glimpsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glimpsed. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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