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Synonyms for reading
Synonyms: Noun
account, interpretation, performance, rendition, version
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Examples of reading in a Sentence
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The family attended the reading of her will. The speech ended with a reading from his latest novel. After several readings, I finally understood the meaning of the poem. He needs help in reading. The teacher gave us a list of books for further reading on the subject. He has done a lot of reading on this subject. The reading for today is about human cloning. Moby-Dick is required reading for any scholar of 19th-century American literature. The pastor selected a reading for tonight's service.
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Any reading below 50 means a contraction, and August's figure is the lowest for the index since January 2016. — CBS News, "Stock markets drop on news that U.S. manufacturing is shrinking," 3 Sep. 2019 Auditions will consist of readings from the script. — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Audition notices for Milwaukee area theater and music productions (Fall 2019 edition)," 30 Aug. 2019 This Storytime event is among many designed to foster a love of reading, and most importantly of all, to model the importance of diversity in learning, love and civility. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Opposition to drag queen library event in Chula Vista met by counterprotesters," 29 Aug. 2019 Even with a high temperature of only 78 degrees on Tuesday, a mid-week temperature spike back into the 90s will likely keep monthly readings at or close to the current 75.8 degree level. — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, "Denver on track to have top-five warmest August," 28 Aug. 2019 It's dropped that low or lower just three times since 1955, and is now in the 5th percentile of readings. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, "Bonds Are The Most Expensive They’ve Been in 64 Years. Here’s What That Means for Your Portfolio," 20 Aug. 2019 So home libraries, especially those that contain a few dozen, hundred, or even thousands of books, are not about constant use of reading. — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, "Gwyneth Paltrow Hired a Personal Book Curator—Here's What He Chose For Her Shelves," 20 Aug. 2019 Students were also given 15 minutes of silent reading incorporated into the fifth or sixth periods. — Andrew J. Campa, Burbank Leader, "Changes are in store for Luther Burbank Middle School’s class schedule," 8 Aug. 2019 That this way of reading is, now, essential to the practice of any halfway serious reader or fractionally sentient critic is due, in no small part, to Morrison’s radiating influence. — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, "The Indelible Substance of a Semester with Toni Morrison," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'reading.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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