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as in to describe
to give a representation or account of in words
a writer who draws characters with lifelike clarity
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as in to win
to receive as return for effort
draws a hefty weekly salary
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as in to remove
to take away from a place or position
draw her aside so we can ask a quick question
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as in to clean
to take the internal organs out of
hated the thought of having to pluck and draw a goose before cooking it
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as in tie
a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other
the game ended in a draw
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as in attraction
something that attracts interest
city leaders hoped that the new waterfront development would be a big draw for tourists
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as in pull
the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force
took a draw on his cigarette and immediately started coughing
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Recent Examples of draw
Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
Following a 9-0 run, catalyzed by Leonard, Mathurin drove straight at Doncic – landing a floater and drawing a foul.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026
CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
The Michigan Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Freep.com, 21 Feb. 2026
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Verb
With just five games left in the regular season, the Aggies' NCAA Tournament chance remains shaky, recently drawing a 10-seed in Joe Lunardi's bracketology.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
Following a 9-0 run, catalyzed by Leonard, Mathurin drove straight at Doncic – landing a floater and drawing a foul.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
Kelvin Yeboah scored in the 90th minute to rally Minnesota United to a 2-2 draw with Austin FC in a season opener on Saturday night.
—CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
The Michigan Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Freep.com, 21 Feb. 2026
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Miss Manners pictures your guests, looking forward to a pleasant evening with you, being confronted with your suggestions.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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The angry ocean off Scituate (as pictured above) is claiming payback with more than 5,400 homes left in the dark.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Other technologies that could be phased out include waste heat recovery systems that pull heat from the car’s engine to the interior, solar reflective surface coating and high efficacy exterior lights.—
Julian Torres,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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McIlroy got a four at the par-five first to pull even with the leaders, who both birdied it themselves 10 minutes later to move to 13 under.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Since 2015, the median age of an Economist subscriber has risen from 51 to 61, according to figures shared at a recent meeting and described to Semafor by two people.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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When 250-million-year-old fossil remains were first described in 1972, they were thought to belong to a single species of marine amphibian, Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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The American team won the Olympic gold medal on Sunday, the first time in 46 years.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Including their home win over Chicago before the NBA All-Star break, the 38-19 Celtics have won four straight — all by double digits — and nine of their last 10.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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But generally, operations in which a cartel boss is removed lead to more violence and fragmentation of criminal groups.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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Located up a hillside in Rutherford, the hotel is slightly removed from the action, but that's part of the charm.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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Don’t neglect cleaning the interior of the air fryer.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
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For instance, Data Engineers and Cloud Architects are now the essential architects of the digital age, cleaning and structuring the massive data sets that AI requires to function.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Losing a leader that forged so many personal relationships in a building being gutted by layoffs hasn’t made things easier.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Our public schools helped forge the civic culture of a young republic and define the American idea itself.—
Robert Casper,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Rai led by one stroke when play was suspended Thursday but bogeyed 18 early Friday to drop into a tie and shot a second-round 70, leaving him tied for 12th with South African Aldrich Potgeiter, Ryan Fox and 2021 Genesis champion Max Homa at the halfway point.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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This week’s spat in Belgium came soon after the US ambassador to Poland, Tom Rose, announced on February 5 that the US would cut ties with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the speaker of Poland’s lower parliament, the Sejm.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Draw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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