Cast
Cast noun - An instance of looking especially briefly.
Usage example: a mischievous cast in his eye when we asked what our destination would be
How words are described
| long | long cast | long glance |
| initial | initial cast | initial glance |
| single | single cast | single glance |
| major | major cast | major glance |
| Other adjectives: final, last, wide. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Expy: If the cast looked familiar at first glance, that's probably because it was nearly identical to Season 7's cast.
Source: Series / The Amazing Race -
If Season 19's cast looked familiar at first glance, that's probably because it was nearly identical to Season 7's cast.
Source: Series / The Amazing Race - Character Development: You can bet your life savings that there's a lot of it going around - even the supporting cast aren't all what they seem to be at first glance.
Source: Fan Fic / Pokémon: Storm Clouds
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Glance and Cast. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cast/glance
Cast & Glance. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cast/glance>.
Glance or Cast. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cast/glance.
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