as in to review
to look for and correct mistakes in (a written or printed piece of writing)
He proofread the essay carefully.
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Recent Examples of proofread
Use another set of eyes to proofread your work due to the importance of these records.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Those features included writing tools that can proofread or rewrite text, a new design for Siri that makes the whole phone screen glow and notification summaries.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
For example, students who spend semesters or summers immersed in internships often start with tasks like logging data, responding to emails, or proofreading reports.
—Marvin Krislov, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The first wave of Apple Intelligence features includes writing tools that can proofread or rewrite text, new features that can remove objects from photos and a feature that can summarize a stack of notifications into a single message.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Those features included writing tools that can proofread or rewrite text, a new design for Siri that makes the whole phone screen glow and notification summaries.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
For example, students who spend semesters or summers immersed in internships often start with tasks like logging data, responding to emails, or proofreading reports.
—Marvin Krislov, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The first wave of Apple Intelligence features includes writing tools that can proofread or rewrite text, new features that can remove objects from photos and a feature that can summarize a stack of notifications into a single message.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proofread
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The committee, also referred to as the Missouri DOGE, will review the submissions and integrate public input into its initiatives.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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In January, natural gas bills in the U.S. were up about 5% from a year earlier, well above inflation overall, according to the Bank of America Institute, which studies consumer behavior.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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However, Venn-Watson found that other dolphins living in the same conditions weren’t contracting certain diseases as the others, which led her and her team to study why.—
Ian Thomas,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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In her memoir, Chihaya rereads the stories that shaped her, in an effort to trace the roots of her breakdown and chart a new path forward.—
Kristen Martin,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
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Sanders read and reread the rule book and took the same weekly rules test as the league’s officials.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Dec. 2024
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This morning’s must reads A string of at least 10 heists targeting BNSF trains in California and Arizona since last March have resulted in the theft of about $2 million worth of Nike sneakers.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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See the full list and read the stories of the women on it here.—
Jacob Pramuk,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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My drivers greeted me by name and verified my identity by asking for the last four digits of the phone number associated with my CATS-Pass account and scanning my digital ticket in the app.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Feb. 2025
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First, the customary way of developing generative AI consists of doing a massive data training effort that involves scanning a wide swath of content on the Internet.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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