character sketch

noun

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as in profile

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  1. profile
  2. past
  3. obituary
  4. history
  5. chronicle
Noun
  • Testers appreciated the Venture’s neutral profile, which transitions from zero-camber underfoot to a gentle rocker between the inserts, nose, and tail.
    Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Sign Up for the Vulture Newsletter The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus interviews, profiles, and more.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of profile
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  • The Irish scored on an indirect free kick from inside the penalty area to tie the game with 10 seconds left as Mitch Ferguson’s shot deflected off a Cardinal defender and past goalkeeper Rowan Schnebly, whose time wasting had drawn a yellow card to set up the free kick.
    Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In his mind, playing these new, modernized entries can sometimes dredge up curiosity for gaming’s past in new players.
    Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of past
Noun
  • Knoll was Hartford High School's choral director for 40 years and received the Herb Kohl Fellowship for excellent teaching in 1991, according to her obituary.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Camps-Lacayo is survived by her father, mother, brother and sister, according to the online obituary.
    Pilar Arias, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of obituary
Noun
  • The former Republican president received the 18 electoral votes that year from his Ohio victory and even made history by winning more votes in the 2020 election than any other candidate in state history, according to The Associated Press.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Election workers have never completed ballot counting on Election Day at any point in the country's history.
    Rachel Barber, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of history
Noun
  • This silent faux-documentary chronicles the sociological phenomenon of witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the modern age.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The film — first announced earlier in the year by Variety — chronicles one of the most infamous moments in Irish sporting history, when Keane and McCarthy had a very public falling out.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of chronicle
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