page through
phrasal verb
paged through; paging through; pages through
: to turn the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.) especially in a quick, steady manner
He paged through the magazine looking for the article.
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It’s also been a treat to page through the visual and physical embodiments of spiritualism (pun intended)—the clothing, playbills, the Ouija boards, and rabbits in hats that remain from generations of seekers.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
As easy to page through as a frothy hot cocoa is to drink, this could be a one-sitting read, particularly in a cozy chair.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
These client-side attacks can skim payment card data from online checkout pages through malicious code injection in the browser.
—Rupesh Chokshi, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Video posted by the New York Times showed people paging through books of records in Sednaya, looking for a written trace of their family members.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
This month, Eastman, working with prison librarians across the country, set up a GoFundMe page through Chevalier’s to raise funds to purchase books for the incarcerated.
—Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
After paging through items as varied as this Maison Balzac vase, Helle Mardahl bowl, and Edie Parker jelly cake table lighter, I was suddenly reminded that my attraction to witty decor stems from a childhood of imagining what adulthood would look like via Polly Pocket compacts.
—Lauren Vaccaro, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2024
Between the lines: Months later, the founder was paging through old photos of the Creamery Building provided by the Tempe Historical Society and saw the mysterious man in one of them.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
Reading Behave can feel like paging through an operating manual for our bewildering human machinery: Its insights are useful, eye-opening, and important.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
As easy to page through as a frothy hot cocoa is to drink, this could be a one-sitting read, particularly in a cozy chair.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
These client-side attacks can skim payment card data from online checkout pages through malicious code injection in the browser.
—Rupesh Chokshi, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Video posted by the New York Times showed people paging through books of records in Sednaya, looking for a written trace of their family members.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
This month, Eastman, working with prison librarians across the country, set up a GoFundMe page through Chevalier’s to raise funds to purchase books for the incarcerated.
—Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
After paging through items as varied as this Maison Balzac vase, Helle Mardahl bowl, and Edie Parker jelly cake table lighter, I was suddenly reminded that my attraction to witty decor stems from a childhood of imagining what adulthood would look like via Polly Pocket compacts.
—Lauren Vaccaro, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2024
Between the lines: Months later, the founder was paging through old photos of the Creamery Building provided by the Tempe Historical Society and saw the mysterious man in one of them.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
Reading Behave can feel like paging through an operating manual for our bewildering human machinery: Its insights are useful, eye-opening, and important.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Page through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/page%20through. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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