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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Users share research, pictures, videos, drawings and memes from major school shootings — with Columbine the dominant obsession — and connect through a series of ever-changing hashtags, adapted to avoid content restrictions.
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Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.
—Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Paintings are tagged at $10,000 to $20,000, drawings at $2,000, and by midday Thursday the gallery had sold a painting and some drawings, and was satisfied.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Thumbing through a compendium of old drawings, my first real clue to the canal’s origins was marked on a rare map from 1711.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
There will be vendors, kids’ activities, seed starter kits, a family-friendly scavenger hunt, face painting, opportunity drawings, live entertainment and more.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Three tickets from South Florida split the only jackpot won among Friday’s Mega Millions, Fantasy 5 and Jackpot Triple Play drawings.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday night, the video board in left field at Wrigley Field featured a vignette asking people to guess a Chicago Cubs player based on kids’ drawings.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
In January, kids from the Boca Club Apartments community shared drawings of their dream playspaces with project organizers, and those ideas were integrated into the new design.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.
—Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Paintings are tagged at $10,000 to $20,000, drawings at $2,000, and by midday Thursday the gallery had sold a painting and some drawings, and was satisfied.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Thumbing through a compendium of old drawings, my first real clue to the canal’s origins was marked on a rare map from 1711.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
There will be vendors, kids’ activities, seed starter kits, a family-friendly scavenger hunt, face painting, opportunity drawings, live entertainment and more.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Three tickets from South Florida split the only jackpot won among Friday’s Mega Millions, Fantasy 5 and Jackpot Triple Play drawings.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday night, the video board in left field at Wrigley Field featured a vignette asking people to guess a Chicago Cubs player based on kids’ drawings.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
In January, kids from the Boca Club Apartments community shared drawings of their dream playspaces with project organizers, and those ideas were integrated into the new design.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawings
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And my feeling is that there have been brilliant and daring sketches that didn’t make the cut that should have.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Myers, who joined Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s, became known for his offbeat characters and distinctly stylized sketches, something with which Armisen immediately connected.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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For instance, portraits of Kim II Sung, the founder and supreme leader of North Korea, and Kim Jong Il, the father of current leader Kim Jong Un, are mandatory in public places like train stations, hospitals, schools and factories.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Centred on intimate portraits of women rebuilding their lives, the film follows individuals shaping a future in the shadow of a shared past.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
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Many works appear to be collages, but on close inspection turn out to be flat oil on canvas depictions of pop and cultural artifacts.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Tolan and other historians show how these hostile depictions developed in time in monasteries and royal courts.—
Anna Piela,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
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