Meaning & use
Glimpsed
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Saw briefly or partially, often unexpectedly or from a distance.
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She glimpsed a fox darting through the trees at dusk.
He glimpsed the headline before the newspaper blew off the table.
A note on using this word
"Glimpsed" implies a fleeting, incomplete view, distinct from verbs like "saw" or "observed," which suggest a fuller, more deliberate act of looking.
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