drawn on

past participle of draw on
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Recent Examples of drawn on Getty Images Key Facts The six numbers drawn on Monday night were 8, 23, 25, 40, 53, and red Powerball 5. Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 As toddlers, my sister and I had drawn on the walls of our 1950s bungalow before my dad’s job brought us back to London. Ella Berman august 7, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawn on
Verb
  • Combined, these economic and political pressures created fertile ground for social mobilization.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing about disabled people should be created without disabled people and this principle becomes even more critical when dealing with AI systems that can perpetuate or challenge existing biases.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So when Patel approached the podium on Friday the stakes were obviously high.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.
    Claire Lempert, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Canales was brought here to bring a creative offense to town.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jenkins voted to continue mask mandates in Brevard County schools, even after the DeSantis administration directed districts to lift them, a stance that brought protests outside her home, threats against her family, and national media scrutiny.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, has closed an oversubscribed Series B investment round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, the league announced.
    Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The university said the campus is closed and classes are canceled until Monday.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hurricane Lane in 2018, spawned by a tropical wave that originated in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, eventually became only the fifth Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale on record in the Central Pacific Basin, according to a hurricane center report.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The vast, sprawling Conjuring franchise, which began back in 2013, has spawned a complex web of sequels, prequels and spin-offs, some of which are loosely based on cases covered by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ariana Grande Makes a Last-Minute Entrance Ariana Grande — who was channeling Audrey Hepburn in a black custom Fendi dress covered in white polka-dots — arrived moments before the MTV VMAs started airing live.
    Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Mind you, this was a full day after Prater had first arrived in Buffalo — technically his second day under contract.
    Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More than 300 flights were delayed at Denver International Airport on Saturday due to a ground delay caused by thunderstorms in the area.
    Marco Cummings, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This has understandably caused some mild uproar among particular gamers.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wildfire worries With the worsening drought comes worries over wildfires.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The first strike actually came defensively.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Drawn on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawn%20on. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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