the act or an instance of perusing
The young woman's perusal of the help wanted ads motivated her to choose a new career.
The definition of a perusal is the examination or reading of something paying attention to details.
An example of perusal is the reading of help wanted ads in hopes of securing a job.
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Origin
peruse +"Ž -al
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Sentence Examples
- Perusal of the map below will show the location.
- Let us again recommend the perusal of the demonstration.
- A brief perusal of viewer comments online is illuminating.
- I quoted several instances of the insufficiency of a first perusal.
- Our perusal of the documents gave us some surprising explanations.
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