reading
Example Sentences
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A close reading reveals that the song is, in fact, a major bummer.
From Salon
As researchers document a decline in children enjoying reading, libraries, schools and councils are doing everything they can to get youngsters reading early.
From BBC
December's reading was significantly higher than a Bloomberg forecast based on a survey of economists, which had predicted the figure to hold steady at 49.2.
From Barron's
The reading topped the 49.4 forecast from economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal and ended an eight-month run below the 50 mark that separates expansion and contraction.
The December reading was exactly in line with the median forecast of a 2.3% increase in a Wall Street Journal poll of nine economists.
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