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
There are notebooks covered in Paulsen’s thin scrawl and play drawings everywhere.
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Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Winning Triple Twist numbers 03-08-11-13-22-32 Check Triple Twist payouts and previous drawings here.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Friday’s Cash4Life, Jackpot Triple Play, Fantasy 5 and Mega Millions drawings produced three winners, one in Miami-Dade, of one jackpot.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
—Jordan Kellogg, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
When are the Wisconsin Lottery drawings held?
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Alongside the garments, the museum is displaying 12 original drawings by Balenciaga, dated between 1950 and 1968, from the Balenciaga Archives in Paris, shown in Italy for the first time.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.
—Jay Cannon, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Winning Triple Twist numbers 03-08-11-13-22-32 Check Triple Twist payouts and previous drawings here.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Friday’s Cash4Life, Jackpot Triple Play, Fantasy 5 and Mega Millions drawings produced three winners, one in Miami-Dade, of one jackpot.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
—Jordan Kellogg, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
When are the Wisconsin Lottery drawings held?
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Alongside the garments, the museum is displaying 12 original drawings by Balenciaga, dated between 1950 and 1968, from the Balenciaga Archives in Paris, shown in Italy for the first time.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.
—Jay Cannon, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawings
Noun
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Photograph, document, scent-capture — record notes, memories, bottles and recipe sketches so that scent’s past isn’t lost.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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And then Riley’s clairvoyant sketches as a teenager point Mia toward going out to the amusement park.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tombs, anvils, boats, villages, guns, portraits, fiddle toys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Outsize portraits of all three are hauled down endless streets as crowds of obligatory fans parade their wheelbarrows, shovels and carbines.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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Gone are the incisive and artful depictions of young people from the Asian and Latina women photographers laid off today.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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As with work, depictions of leisure are predominantly set outdoors, and often as solo endeavors.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Drawings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawings. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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