read a snippet

Frequency: 6.99.5 per million words

to look at and comprehend the meaning of a small piece of written text

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Examples (10)

  • I often read a snippet of news before work.
  • She read a snippet from the book and decided to buy it.
  • We will read a snippet of the report during the meeting.
  • Please read this snippet and tell me your thoughts.
  • He only had time to read a brief snippet of the article.
  • If you read a snippet of the code, you'll understand the function.
  • Before the presentation, he quickly read a snippet of the executive summary.
  • Reading a snippet can sometimes be enough to grasp the main idea.
  • Did you read the snippet I sent you?
  • The journalist carefully read a snippet of the confidential document.