CHARACTER SKETCH Synonyms: 15 Similar Words

character sketch

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as in profile

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Recent Examples of character sketch Back at home, Score starts with a rough character sketch of her protagonists and then fleshes out the scenes, writing in strict 25-minute increments. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026

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Noun

That architecture gives the missile another layer of control over its propulsion profile.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
The Guinea-born forward has a very different profile to Moore and Smith.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of profile

Noun

Fenerbahce got in on the act by recruiting Nathan Ake from Manchester City and Greenwood from Marseille, bluntly unconcerned by the latter’s past.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The constantly changing present moment is no more than a dividing line between past and future and so does not have a tangible existence of its own.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

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Djeneba N'Diaye also had 19 points for Mali, which is now 2-10 in its World Cup history.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
The Boot Bowl rivalry, which began in 2012, doesn’t have the longest history, but for fans in Burleson, few events bring the town together quite like it.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of history

Noun

The diaries of the novelist Andrey Kurkov (collected into three volumes thus far) provide a rich chronicle of Ukrainians’ evolving responses to their extraordinary circumstances.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
The movie is also a chronicle of the degradation of what passes for news reporting; Sun staffers are told that every murder, rape or theft has to be written up like a thriller.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

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