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to look for and correct mistakes in (a written or printed piece of writing)
He proofread the essay carefully.
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Those in the appeal process will be allowed to once again bill for services as the Department of Human Services reviews their claims; as of June 29, about 321 appeals had been completed.
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There were six involved deputies, who were not identified, and they have been placed on administrative assignment while Internal Affairs reviews the incident, per BSO policy.
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Michael Tippett, a climate scientist at Columbia University who studies the ties between El Niño and weather patterns, said that on average, there is no strong link between El Niño and shifts in summer weather patterns over the US and Europe.
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Beginning in kindergarten, children’s knowledge of numbers becomes more formal and symbol-based, according to Alice Klein, a developmental psychologist who studies early math screening and intervention.
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Campsite Tonight frequently scans several websites throughout California and several other states (including Utah for those dreaming of a trip to Zion National Park).
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The patient is immersed in a water bath, and the system scans the patient with a 360-degree ring of ultrasound scanners fully surrounding the patient.
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The painful irony is that this retreat, invisible from the inside, reads as uncertainty from the outside.
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Its parent company is Taiheiyo Cement, a Japanese company that bought CalPortland in 1990, its website reads.
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Crook peruses the crowds, picking his moments carefully.
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Martha frequently grabs a bowl for serving dinner or peruses a favorite cookbook.
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“Proofreads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proofreads. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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