speed-read
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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He ran out and bought a copy, speed-read it, then headed to the island himself.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
Martin had to speed-read his household’s daily newspaper so he could get it back in the plastic delivery bag in pristine condition before his father returned home from work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Here’s what Smith had been watching inside the audit: batches of 50 ballots, swinging around on a Lazy Susan, as three people speed-read votes in the presidential race and the U.S.
From Slate ● May 23, 2021
I don’t need to gratuitously slap modern writers, but I’d probably make this critique of three-quarters of the books I’ve speed-read this year.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2018
She read the books on Obinze’s list but also, randomly, pulled out book after book, reading a chapter before deciding which she would speed-read in the library and which she would check out.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The actors at times seem to be speed-reading their lines, rushing through the notoriously long play to get to the good bits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
He took a speed-reading course so he could plow through all the documents that piled up on his desk—and seemed to read, and comprehend, most of them.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2024
Great vintage ad: This ad for a speed-reading course boasts that one of its graduates could have read the whole magazine five times before you even finished once.
From Time ● Jun. 26, 2017
As we read, most of us have the sense that we are saying words to ourselves or hearing them said, and speed-reading programs appeal to the intuition that this habit slows reading.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2017
Some people are surprised by this advice, because they think of the claim by speed-reading companies that skilled readers go directly from print to thought.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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