character sketches

noun

plural of character sketch
as in profiles

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  1. profiles
  2. obituaries
  3. histories
Noun
  • Gather information from friends, colleagues and social media profiles, and start to build a profile.
    — Rupal Patel, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of profiles
Noun
  • Of all the peculiar assignments a newspaper reporter can undertake, writing advance obituaries for local notables who are still very much alive is one of the strangest.
    — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 26 July 2026
  • Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who died on July 12, died as the man most obituaries call the architect of modern Qatar.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of obituaries
Noun
  • In cargo shippers’ databases, the histories and current cargo of containers are recorded and accessible via their respective codes.
    — Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
  • Though Porzingis is only 31 and Melton just turned 28, the trio combined to play exactly one back-to-back set while the team remained highly cautious with their workload due to their injury histories.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Definition of histories
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