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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
Peter White, Deadline, 10 July 2025
Larry David will forego a simple life as a beekeeper and return to television with a new sketch comedy series about American history.
—EW.com, 10 July 2025
Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Rubin’s scientists have already sketched the basic survey, says Federica Bianco, an astronomer and data scientist at the University of Delaware and deputy project scientist at the Rubin Observatory.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
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Noun
Here’s an unlikely pairing: Larry David and President Barack Obama are making a sketch comedy for HBO.
—Peter White, Deadline, 10 July 2025
Larry David will forego a simple life as a beekeeper and return to television with a new sketch comedy series about American history.
—EW.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
Over the phone, Cruyff, Jongkind, and academy chief Wim Jonk wrote out a plan to reform the club — sketched out on a roll of wallpaper from an Airbnb — before presenting it to club officials, including Marco van Basten, Dennis Bergkamp, and Frank Rijkaard.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Rubin’s scientists have already sketched the basic survey, says Federica Bianco, an astronomer and data scientist at the University of Delaware and deputy project scientist at the Rubin Observatory.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketch
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Anu Duggal of Female Founders Fund invested when the idea was just a drawing on a sheet of paper, as one of her first forays into big-tech hardware.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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Not only was the technology for natural language processing (NLP) still maturing, but there were troves of data that were not yet digitized (e.g., paper drawings), and image recognition and processing at the time were nascent, at best.—
Beena Ammanath,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The machine can handle everything from ultra-sharp lettering to lifelike portraits.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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The truth is that Sofia’s job can be taxing, and in The Scout, which premiered in June at the Tribeca Film Festival, González-Nasser, who was herself a location scout for six years, crafts a modest portrait of its complicated reality.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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The Library of Michigan traces it to the Ojibwe word Washtenong, meaning Grand River, farther district or land beyond, according to Michigan State University.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
7 July 2025
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While the first official Ranger battalion was formed in 1942, the Rangers trace their lineage back to at least the 1750s.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
Verb
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Among the students, what might broadly be described as concern over political correctness simply did not exist.—
Brooke Allen,
New Yorker,
12 July 2025
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Strickland described the demand to CNBC as being through the roof.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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In this photo illustration, the logo of Grok 3 is displayed on smartphone screen with xAI logo in the background on February 18, 2025, in Jinan, Shandong Province of China.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Throughout the book, the authors, Ben Clanton, Corey R. Tabor and Andy Chou Musser, were able to display their own voices and illustration styles by each taking on one phase.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
8 July 2025
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Tempest’s description evokes a dreamlike horror, laced with black humor: Men were still stuck in the mud all over the battlefield, imploring help to lift them out : half crazy with the sense of their own impotence, and the enemy shelling. . . .—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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The menu’s description was understated: chocolate mousse.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
Verb
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In an exclusive interview with CNBC earlier this week, McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown outlined a leadership approach centered on urgency, momentum and learning from failure.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
7 July 2025
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Israel Brigs, another panelist, outlined what’s at stake: loss of contract eligibility, revenue, and prime contractor status.—
Heather Wishart-Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The latter has portrayed The Waitress — the object of Day's character Charlie Kelly's obsessive, unrequited love — in 37 episodes across 16 seasons of the long-running FX series.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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Kenneth Colley, the British actor who appeared in seven features for director Ken Russell and portrayed the Darth Vader underling Admiral Piett in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
4 July 2025
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“Sketch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketch. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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