skim-read
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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They tell me they skim-read, even if they don't understand the information they are looking at.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2022
At the end of the meeting, Dehmer gave the document to Roberto to take back to ORNL; nothing was left in the government's possession except the incomplete e-mailed copy that Dehmer had skim-read.
From Nature ● Jul. 6, 2011
I skim-read David Conn's piece about Arsenal yesterday, saw the liberal use of the word custodian, and assumed it was a piece about their need for a goalkeeper.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2011
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