peruse
The study is worthy of a careful perusal by all who feel an interest in the subject.
A quick perusal of the list indicates that most of these jobs are not traditional science-related jobs.
Helen left the room as her father resumed his perusal of the newspaper.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Reading
alexia
cross-refer
deconstruct
deconstruction
dip into something
have your nose in a bookidiom
leaf
lip-read
nose
pore over something
put something/someone down
read someone's lipsidiom
read something out
read-along
riffle
scan
semiotics
thumb through something
tsundoku
wade through something

Examples of perusal

perusal
The intention of a quick perusal of such a table is to observe trends, not attempt to produce statistical evidence.
In fact, the perusal of proportions surviving at different sequences of births itself gave us an idea to prepare a paper on this aspect.
Perusal of this volume should convince its readers that the accident is a suitable subject for further exploration.
Even the most casual perusal of published and printed sources will reveal many examples of such confusion.
A brief perusal of the burgeoning literature of historical climatology impresses one with the enormous range and breadth of this dynamic field.
The perusal and attempted analysis of variants produces any amount of second-guessing.
So, in summary, accessibility is straightforward although my first action would be to make a complete set of hard copies for day-to-day perusal.
Any of these can be retrieved in its entirety, stored on the user's own computer, or printed for the user's perusal away from the system.
We oppose excessive use of decontextualised exercises written only for perusal and marking by a teacher.
More generally, a perusal of some of the standard, and influential, 'medical law' textbooks reveals the dominance of the 'ethics' approach to the subject.
It is also clear from perusal of inspectors' annual reports that they considered that vocal music had reached a high standard in a short time.
It is also a most humbling read or perusal for those of us who strive to achieve our own authentic and significant work.
A brief perusal demonstrates that membership had been increasing for many years prior to the revival.
It can be used for small-scale chamber works, keyboard music and the provision of perusal scores.
This reviewer kept this in mind throughout his perusal of the book.
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