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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This sentence contains every letter of the English alphabet, which is why printers and font designers have used it for centuries. It is short, memorable, and oddly poetic in its absurdity.

Reading time estimates are useful but imperfect.

Most tools assume 200 to 250 words per minute for adult readers of English prose. Technical content, dense legal writing, or unfamiliar vocabulary can slow that down considerably. Skim-readers, on the other hand, will tear through the same content at twice the rate.

Treat the number as a hint, not a contract. The real value is in the relative comparison — knowing whether something is a 30-second skim or a 10-minute commitment helps the reader decide.