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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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This week Quentin Fottrell — aka The Moneyist — helped a reader who was bearing the main burden for caring for her mother, and having mixed feelings about it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

She’s my first reader and most important reader ...

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Cruise avoids the personal by making his work inextricable from his life, thereby asking the reader to perform a clever thought exercise: What if Tom Cruise were telling the truth?

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

To the general reader, the sentence might seem obscure and may have been so intended.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

She’d missed the third reader by a hair and blamed Tansy.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Naturally good readers of a room and skilled at misdirection, comedians can inject some comic relief into those tense roundtable moments.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

He encourages his readers to see the buildings and grounds as a stage for the dramatic fall of Henry VIII’s minister, Cardinal Wolsey, and is happy to add excitement via ghost stories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But we all need help at times in our lives, and the biggest takeaway for all readers should be that it applies to whether you’re young or old.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Actually, Nevermind” is a reflection of Tomlinson when she puts down the microphone, and she is nervous for readers to see that side of her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

For such readers a few notes on the more important points are here collected from Hobbit-lore, and the first adventure is briefly recalled.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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