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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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In response to the reader last week who was wondering why so many All-Area basketball players are leaving L.A. for other colleges: Mick Cronin.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

After this wind-up, the reader might expect Gorsuch to declare that Colorado’s law does not pass strict scrutiny and therefore violates the First Amendment.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Dr Sarah Hooper, a reader in Microbiology and Infection at the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, said a case as severe as Davies' isn't very common.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Quentin Fottrell — the Moneyist — helped a reader whose brother needs to enter a nursing home but doesn’t want to spend down all of his assets before Medicaid begins covering the cost.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

I will not swear, reader, that there was not something of repressed sarcasm both in the tone in which I uttered this sentence, and in the feeling that accompanied it.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë