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Example sentences for: skim

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It takes no more than a preliminary skim to suspect what is soon substantiated in the ample sources and usages that accompany most entries—that it is within the military services of the United States and Great Britain, from the times of the World Wars, that the F-words have their truest homes.
More than 20 powerboat sweepers are dispatched each day to skim any floating debris from the water’s surface.
46 Efficient classification discourages cream skimmers because it leaves less cream to skim.
The most sophisticated, most boring explanation: Democratic fund-raiser Johnny Chung used the illusion of an influence-peddling conspiracy to skim most of the money for himself.
They found numerous cash-stuffed Hefty bags that had been hidden in the basement ceiling--"the skim"--and five packets of white powder.