Example Sentences

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The book was finished, and she was proofreading it and sorting out a few legal issues, when the New York Times and New Yorker stories about Weinstein dropped.

From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2018

It has been suggested that her contribution to the work was proofreading and assistance on description of architectural detail.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2010

"I was proofreading stuff that I really didn't understand," she says.

From Time Magazine Archive