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[skim] / skɪm /




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The government secured guilty pleas in December from two advisors who worked with alongside her to skim money from Becerra.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

I’ll skim a monologue like a speed reader, then I go back to look at specific words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

Beyond Rufus, Amazon’s AI helps sellers to make their pitches more presentable, and shoppers use it to get fit recommendations, skim highlights of customer reviews, and search for objects by pointing their cameras at them.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

His analysis of these cases is shallow and often dubious; Barrett highlighted unfounded inferences in Thomas’ skim of the historical record, questioning his generalizations from a handful of archaic decisions.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2024

Our shuttle, which seemed to be flying on automatic pilot, quickly reached the planet and began to skim its mirrored surface.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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