as in sketches
a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree
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Recent Examples of drawings
The developers will next prepare construction drawings and take other steps in anticipation of breaking ground in about two years.
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Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Schematics, facility maps, aerial photographs, engineering drawings, cutaway illustrations, and previously unfamiliar archival images reveal the extraordinary complexity of the undertaking.
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Rebecca Coffey,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
And for the second straight day, those winners were confined to the two Fantasy 5 drawings.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
His diary, written during two feverish months in 1919, teems with scribbled drawings of eyes, giant and black.
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Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Sztybel made it six months on Ukraine before lightening up her offerings with animal news drawings — 150 of them.
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Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening.
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Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
29 June 2026
The prize has been building for more than three months without a winner, setting up one of the biggest drawings of the year.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Qualifying works on paper include prints, photography and drawings.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
26 June 2026
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Schematics, facility maps, aerial photographs, engineering drawings, cutaway illustrations, and previously unfamiliar archival images reveal the extraordinary complexity of the undertaking.
—
Rebecca Coffey,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
And for the second straight day, those winners were confined to the two Fantasy 5 drawings.
—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
His diary, written during two feverish months in 1919, teems with scribbled drawings of eyes, giant and black.
—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Sztybel made it six months on Ukraine before lightening up her offerings with animal news drawings — 150 of them.
—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening.
—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
29 June 2026
The prize has been building for more than three months without a winner, setting up one of the biggest drawings of the year.
—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Qualifying works on paper include prints, photography and drawings.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawings
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Today, the public largely remembers Holmes through magazine covers, courtroom sketches, documentaries, and television dramatizations.
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Three years ago, Wain and Marino also hit the road with the State for a nostalgic reunion tour that revived many of their greatest sketches and characters.
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The women’s portraits did not contain SynthID watermarks, but an AI detection tool flagged them as containing synthetic elements.
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Many museums around the world, including the Met, the Getty, and the Musée d’Orsay, own examples of his genre scenes, landscapes, and portraits.
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My favorite depictions of this city know its real history is too cuckoo to capture sincerely; straight reenactments make the production of 35mm masterpieces look as piddly as Shrinky Dinks.
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The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits.
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