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as in drawing
a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
made a quick sketch from which she would create a more detailed painting later
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as in portrait
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
gave her boss quick sketches of the personalities of the clients he was about to meet
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as in to trace
to draw or make apparent the outline of
sketched the garden pavilion on a pad of paper so the homeowners would have a rough idea of how it was going to look
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as in to describe
to give a representation or account of in words
briefly sketched the intent of the reorganization plan
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Recent Examples of sketch
Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2025
Lawrence Welk Only a couple sketches attempted the kind of cross-pollination that made SNL’s 40th-anniversary special so spectacular, including the Bronx Beat ladies having coffee with Linda Richman.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
Suppose that the permanent ceasefire stage sketched out in today's deal is also reached within a few weeks, and Israel stops leveling buildings in Gaza, bombing medical facilities, and blocking international food and medical aid.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Kate McKinnon's alien abduction sketch is always a favorite, largely thanks to how often guests break character in fits of giggles.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2025
Lawrence Welk Only a couple sketches attempted the kind of cross-pollination that made SNL’s 40th-anniversary special so spectacular, including the Bronx Beat ladies having coffee with Linda Richman.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
Beneath Sforza Castle in Milan, researchers have discovered a series of secret tunnels—passageways once sketched by the Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci and traversed by a widower sick with grief.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
Suppose that the permanent ceasefire stage sketched out in today's deal is also reached within a few weeks, and Israel stops leveling buildings in Gaza, bombing medical facilities, and blocking international food and medical aid.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketch
Noun
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The lottery player scored $100,000 during the Feb. 12 drawing, according to the Texas Lottery.—
Helena Wegner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Art Institute offered a foretaste of the collection through two exhibitions — one focused on Neoclassical paintings, the other on French Revolution-era drawings — in the fall.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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The second season of Robert and Michelle King's brilliant, surrealist portrait of life in the Age of Trump often served as a real-time reflection of everything its viewers were feeling: paranoia, rage, disorientation, fear, disbelief, and of course, derangement.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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The singer-songwriter’s vivid portrait of a turbulent life.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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This timely book traces the origins and significance of Thai labor in Israel.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Hwang Sun-jae, a sociologist who studies fertility norms, traces the swift dissemination of low fertility in part to social media’s role as an accelerant of global monoculture.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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One colleague described it as the off-road Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which is a better comparison than any of the more obvious candidates.—
Charlie Roxburghe,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2025
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Omoto took the stand last week to describe the day the threat was received and the police presence that was brought to the campus as a result.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Editors’ Picks Source photographs for illustration above: Focus Features; Ullstein Bild, via Getty Images; Everett Collection.—
Jim Shepard,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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There are also helpful illustrations and a few chapters about mathematics.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The cause into each fire is ongoing and no description of a suspect was immediately available.—
Nathan Solis,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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The outlet also warned that the descriptions of the duchess’s products could fit into multiple trademark categories.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
19 Feb. 2025
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This column is our attempt to clinically outline the facts about deficits — and efforts to reduce or eliminate them.—
Axios,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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According to the news agency Reuters, an ICE memo has outlined an unprecedented push to target migrant children who crossed the border illegally as unaccompanied minors.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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We haven't been totally shut out, but we haven't been portrayed in this particular way.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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As described in the press notes, sight is portrayed through silhouettes from majestic to micro proportions; oversized profiles to mini landscapes with petite detailing.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Sketch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketch. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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