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Synonyms for skimming
ˈskɪm ɪŋskim·ming
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Princeton's WordNet
skimmingnoun
the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
skim, skimmingnoun
reading or glancing through quickly
skimmingnoun
failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
grazing, shaving, skimmingnoun
the act of brushing against while passing
Synonyms:
shaving, paring, graze, shave, grazing, skim, sliver
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#14352 | shaving | |
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#44576 | sliver | |
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#50867 | paring |
How to use skimming in a sentence?
We don't make that many fantastic discoveries in a lifetime of archeology but this is certainly one them, this is the first time we've found empirical evidence of how they moved the stones. There have been all sorts of ideas from rolling them in a strange cart-like construction to skimming them across the ice.
We have too many middlemen skimming off, getting rid of those middlemen is the shortest cut to cost savings.
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
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