In a sentence
Six example sentences with cursory, each labelled with its topic.
A cursory read of the lease missed the clause that let the landlord raise rent twice in one year.
Law
The auditor gave the warehouse a cursory walk-through, counted two shelves, and signed off before lunch on the first day.
Business
Nothing beyond a cursory glance at the chart explains why the allergy note sat unread through three separate handovers.
Medicine
A cursory look at the balance sheet missed the loans buried in a footnote, and the deal closed anyway.
Finance
The pull request got a cursory review at five on a Friday, and the bug it carried reached every customer by Monday.
Technology
The border guard gave our passports a cursory flip and waved the whole bus through in under a minute.
Travel
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