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read in

British  
/ riːd /

verb

  1. to read (data) into a computer memory or storage device

  2. Church of England to assume possession of a benefice by publicly reading the Thirty-nine Articles

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Announcing this after my testify is worse than before, and we talked this,” Mosseri wrote, according to the email read in court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Warsh inherited an economy that could be read in two ways with opposite implications for monetary policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

I have read in your column that my authority to act as her power of attorney ends upon her death.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

For instance, library members could only borrow one book at a time, unless it could be proved that six people in the same household could read, in which case, three books could be lent out.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

If I couldn’t get back down to turn on the light, Richard would pull the book to his nose and read in the dark; he wanted to read that badly.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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