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perusal

[puh-roo-zuhl] / pəˈru zəl /


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From his earliest days Mr. King wrote—and rewrote—a great deal, and it seems few of his pages escaped Ms. Bicks’s perusal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Some of Therrien’s keystones hang at eye level on the wall, inviting close perusal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

Based on a perusal of Glassdoor and Salary.com, he said, the average corporate Target salary ran at about $90,000 to $100,000 a year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2025

But a quick perusal shows that most of these are simple, familiar chemicals that are allowed for very specific reasons, like hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol as disinfectants for equipment.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2025

Tree-ear had been trotting along the road on his early- morning perusal of the village rubbish heaps.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park


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