peruse
verb (used with object)
to read through with thoroughness or care.
has perused
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present perfectof peruse (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Finishing up a semester abroad in Paris, she has perused a few listings, but wants to wait until she gets back to Lewis and Clark College in Portland to really dive into the search.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2016
As anyone who has perused the anonymous messaging board 4chan will know, digital masks can bring out the worst in people; among some of the “yaks” detailed by a user in New York Magazine:
From Forbes ● Nov. 24, 2014
The reader, who has perused the two former works, of which this is the natural successor, will recognise an old acquaintance in the principal character of the story.
From The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper
Every one that has perused the ancient monkish writers know that, however barbarous their own style, they are full of allusions to the Latin classics, especially the poets.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. by David Hume
Who has perused for you the page of destiny, which numbers the years of your mortal existence?
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Francis Augustus Cox
