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to go over and mentally take in the content of
perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors
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Recent Examples of peruses
In an episode 4 scene, Sadie Sink's Max peruses through Vecna's memories, seeing a younger Joyce passing out flyers for the school play Oklahoma, which is a big plot point in the ST stage play.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Dec. 2025
King peruses several cookbooks before settling on Richard Olney’s Lulu’s Provencal Table.
—Elizabeth Wellington, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
In the first episode of Turn of the Tide, a 2023 Netflix series set two decades prior in the Azorean working-class neighborhood of Rabo de Peixe, a young man peruses DVDs in a video rental store.
—Philip Sherburne, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Dec. 2025
King peruses several cookbooks before settling on Richard Olney’s Lulu’s Provencal Table.
—Elizabeth Wellington, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
In the first episode of Turn of the Tide, a 2023 Netflix series set two decades prior in the Azorean working-class neighborhood of Rabo de Peixe, a young man peruses DVDs in a video rental store.
—Philip Sherburne, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peruses
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Hester is a caustic yet irresistible narrator, and this evocation of her journey across America reads as both hate mail and love letter to a complex country.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a gentle boil, stirring occasionally, until the temperature reads 250°F on a candy thermometer, about 5-8 minutes.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Peruses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peruses. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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