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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.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for character sketch
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As well as compiling a risk profile of an area, the WHO said the platform includes a chatbot for health officials to question data in plain language.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
12 June 2026
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The more reliable profile is one win, limited damage in defeat, and enough goals scored to hold up against the rest of the third-place field.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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The Loman family home isn’t depicted in a literal fashion but instead fluidly suggested in a warehouse space that allows the actors to move unfetteredly between past and present.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Two hundred and fifty years into the national experiment, however, this would mean that the future looks ever more like the distant past.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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According to an obituary, Kupec left behind a wife and numerous other family members.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
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Packwood's death on Saturday was announced in an obituary sent to media outlets by his family.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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Whitney Plantation hosts two permanent exhibits, one of which gives an overview about the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and another that focuses on the history of slavery in Louisiana.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Birds of America is my imperfect attempt to show that history can’t be buried forever, and that what happens to one of us happens, in some way, to all of us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Seife is not committing pathography.—
James Gleick,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2021
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Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2024 by the New York Times, this masterpiece of self-revelation chronicles the author’s gender transition in her late 60s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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McDougall’s chronicle ends in the current era.—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
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