to examine, esp cursorily
he looked through his notes before the lecture
(intr, preposition) to ignore (a person) deliberately
whenever he meets his ex-girlfriend, she looks straight through him
First recorded in 1935–40
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The most significant part of the meeting, noted Dario Perkins of TS Lombard, was Powell’s lukewarm support for the look-through approach, a hawkish turn from how the committee had been treating tariffs.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
“But the bigger implication is that it could have an important look-through for Vanda’s GLP-1 nausea program.”
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
The hotels themselves are required to have look-through atriums, so that passers-by as well as paying guests can see the picturesque spread of Los Angeles spilling out across the basin.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2015
In contrast with the look-through transparency of these playwrights, Harold Pinter maintains a tantalizing and fascinating opacity in his characters.
From Time Magazine Archive
We will have lots of fascinating solutions to look through and learn from.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
"Nurseries have these apps and I was able to look through and see that he'd changed my child's nappy, there were pictures with him in the background," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
A look through the reports shows that of course it is, depending on what choices we are prepared to make.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Siri AI can look through your iPhone’s most private data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
I look through the window and marvel at the world outside.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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