as in examination
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Recent Examples of perusal
Many are digitized and available for exploration online, which Sullivan, who is now co-executive Director with Burford, notes as a great resource for casual perusal.
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Elyssa Goodman, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
But De Keyser et al. concluded that the presence of these components was actually an intentional mixture, based on their perusal of multiple historical sources and catalogs of collection cabinets with long lists of various arsenic sulfides.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 July 2024
Best Organic Mattress Sales Our Best Organic Mattresses guide has more picks for your perusal.
—Nena Farrell, WIRED, 29 June 2024
But an initial perusal suggests to us that there’s some there there.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2024
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Elyssa Goodman, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
But De Keyser et al. concluded that the presence of these components was actually an intentional mixture, based on their perusal of multiple historical sources and catalogs of collection cabinets with long lists of various arsenic sulfides.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 July 2024
Best Organic Mattress Sales Our Best Organic Mattresses guide has more picks for your perusal.
—Nena Farrell, WIRED, 29 June 2024
But an initial perusal suggests to us that there’s some there there.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2024
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The final examination, administered by the Court of Master Sommeliers, is like trying to prove a physics thesis by doing backflips, meant to plumb the depth of one’s theoretical understanding, sensory abilities, and practical skills simultaneously.Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
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What has happened since is, in a way, similarly unprecedented: Reversing its rubber-stamp legacy, City Council is acting like a true legislative body and engaging in a spirited examination of the mayor’s budget.David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
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There's nothing too unusual about that, but closer inspection revealed the planet, called PSR B1620-26b, to be quite weird.Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Upon further inspection, medical staff at the Fort Worth shelter realized that there was even more to the pup’s suffering than met the eye.Bailey Richards, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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One in 20 American adults bought a gun for the first time between March 2020 and March 2022, according to a survey conducted by NORC (previously known as the National Opinion Research Center), a research organization based at the University of Chicago.Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Only about one-quarter of adults said they were stressed by the possibility of a mass shooting occurring at work or at an office, according to a 2019 survey conducted for the American Psychological Association.Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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In 2017, Berklee musicologist Joe Bennett published a lighthearted study on commonalities in the music and lyrics of Christmas songs.Maura Johnston, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this month, a study published in Science by researchers at the Scripps Research Institute showed that a single mutation in the virus strain spreading among dairy herds could switch its preference from bird to human receptors.Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
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The team is collecting more observations and hopes to take real-time data from Mars someday and use it to make predictions, much like weather forecasters do on Earth.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Pairing Electrons The case of Kamerlingh Onnes’ observations (and superconductivity seen in other extremely cold metals) was finally cracked in 1957.Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
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Trump’s recent threat to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada got the immediate attention of Ottawa.Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Born as Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Giovanni was a prolific and well-regarded poet who initially gained attention in the late 1960s as part of the Black Arts Movement after graduating from Nashville’s Fisk University.Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Perusal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perusal. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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