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- adjective of writing Capable of being
skimmed or read through quickly.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Two tight columns made for an easily and quickly 'skimmable' interface -- but that fights 'engagement time,' the new chic metric.
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Two tight columns made for an easily and quickly 'skimmable' interface -- but that fights 'engagement time,' the new chic metric.
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Two tight columns made for an easily and quickly 'skimmable' interface -- but that fights 'engagement time,' the new chic metric.
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Tim Atkin, a British writer, put together a very skimmable report (here as pdf) calling the vintage “great but not uniform.”
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Tim Atkin, a British writer, put together a very skimmable report (here as pdf) calling the vintage “great but not uniform.”
Bordeaux 2009: all over but the pricing | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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It’s scannable, skimmable, with a discrete set of content.
Michael Young: Getting the News -- Alan Murray Michael 2012
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It’s scannable, skimmable, with a discrete set of content.
Michael Young: Getting the News -- Alan Murray Michael 2012
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Sometimes it's not skimmable, because it's just a sheen.
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Tables and graphs, both skimmable and occasionally shocking, on 186 indicators of economic vitality make up the majority of it.
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Are there studies readily skimmable by slugs such as me which might suggest how different approaches to public service signage actually affect outcomes?
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR MEN’S BAD BEHAVIOR? » Sociological Images 2009
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