read in
Britishverb
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to read (data) into a computer memory or storage device
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Church of England to assume possession of a benefice by publicly reading the Thirty-nine Articles
Example Sentences
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I do love to check something off of a checklist, so I get that, but I also could not even tell you how many books I read in a year.
"Be the voice of the Iranian people," a sign read in Hebrew and Persian.
From Barron's
I’d read in the newspaper about Mr. Lincoln saying the same thing in a speech to folks in Ohio: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
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I’d read in the newspapers about cholera, typhoid, and all sorts of other plagues that afflicted our city.
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I’d probably read more newspapers in one week than he’d read in his entire lifetime!
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