proofreads

verb

present tense third-person singular of proofread
as in reviews
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 proofreads This triggers a pathway called mismatch repair (MMR), a process through which the cell proofreads the DNA and corrects mismatches. — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proofreads
  1. reviews
  2. studies
  3. scans
  4. reads
  5. peruses
Verb
  • Instead of tax returns, the lender reviews 12 or 24 months of actual bank statements and calculates income from the deposits flowing through the account.
    — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Keep in mind that reviews on both TrustPilot and the BBB cover all of SoFi's products and services, rather than its student loans alone.
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of reviews
Verb
  • Determining that involves combining a deep understanding of the land’s features, as well as tracking possible triggers such as earthquake, says Ben Orlove, an anthropologist who studies climate risks at Columbia University.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Dorit Reiss, a professor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, who studies cases involving vaccine disputes, told me that judges sometimes favor the pro-vaccine parent, but not always.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of studies
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  • Emanuel Maiberg talks to an employee at the warehouse where Amazon scans and destroys books for AI training.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • One camera is used for AI perception and scans your lawn to identify objects and other lawn conditions, while the other two work in tandem as a stereo 3D vision system for real-time mapping.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of scans
Verb
  • In 1996, when the first three novels were reprinted again, Kennedy appended a prelude that reads like an account of the cycle’s evolution—except that the author of these books is identified as Billy Phelan’s nephew Daniel Quinn.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Within seconds of a leader walking into a room, a team reads and reflects the kind of energy that person is projecting.
    — Tony Loyd, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of reads
Verb
  • Crook peruses the crowds, picking his moments carefully.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • Martha frequently grabs a bowl for serving dinner or peruses a favorite cookbook.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
Definition of peruses

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“Proofreads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proofreads. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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