read through
phrasal verb
read through; reading through; reads through
: to read (something) from beginning to end especially to look for mistakes or check details
Remember to read through your essay before you hand it in.
He read the instructions through twice before he tried to assemble the bicycle.
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And what many people don’t know is that behind every patient is a cancer registry specialist (CRS) spending hours reading through charts, identifying events, interpreting dates and ensuring accuracy for each case.
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David Talby, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Many of the emails focused on whether Russian hackers had or could successfully hack the election, says NPR's Jenna McLaughlin, who read through the documents.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 July 2025
For those writings, students will likely read through the text once, maybe twice.
—Nicole Donawho, JSTOR Daily, 22 July 2025
In the study, researchers recruited 260 participants between the ages of 23 and 67 who read through 15 simulated text conversations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
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David Talby, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Many of the emails focused on whether Russian hackers had or could successfully hack the election, says NPR's Jenna McLaughlin, who read through the documents.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 July 2025
For those writings, students will likely read through the text once, maybe twice.
—Nicole Donawho, JSTOR Daily, 22 July 2025
In the study, researchers recruited 260 participants between the ages of 23 and 67 who read through 15 simulated text conversations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
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“Read through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/read%20through. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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