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as in traced
to draw or make apparent the outline of
sketched the garden pavilion on a pad of paper so the homeowners would have a rough idea of how it was going to look
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as in described
to give a representation or account of in words
briefly sketched the intent of the reorganization plan
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Recent Examples of sketched
Franconeri sketched out the idea of the game in about three months and has spent the last year or so developing it.
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Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The Orthodox in Ukraine’s east clashed with the Catholics in its west along precisely the fault line Huntington sketched.
—Josef Joffe, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
As it’s currently sketched out, the city would help Habitat cover the upfront cost of a home, but the home would never be owned by the city.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Tiffany Vice President Oscar Riedner sketched the trophy design on a napkin during a 1966 meeting with NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle.
—Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
The new concept for the site was sketched out in the call with analysts.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
The story famously goes that the W16 configuration was sketched by Piëch on a bullet train in Japan.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Heck, even Elon Musk once sketched out a very similar idea designed for the unique dimensions of the Cybertruck.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
His surgical plans are sketched like architectural drawings.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The Orthodox in Ukraine’s east clashed with the Catholics in its west along precisely the fault line Huntington sketched.
—Josef Joffe, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
As it’s currently sketched out, the city would help Habitat cover the upfront cost of a home, but the home would never be owned by the city.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Tiffany Vice President Oscar Riedner sketched the trophy design on a napkin during a 1966 meeting with NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle.
—Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
The new concept for the site was sketched out in the call with analysts.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
The story famously goes that the W16 configuration was sketched by Piëch on a bullet train in Japan.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Heck, even Elon Musk once sketched out a very similar idea designed for the unique dimensions of the Cybertruck.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
His surgical plans are sketched like architectural drawings.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketched
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The investigation is continuing to determine whether any other cases can be traced to this infection.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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But as Rubio said, cowboy lineage can be traced to the Iberian Peninsula — as far back as the late medieval era, before Spain as a nation even existed.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
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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In the neighboring western state of Colima, one resident described how edgy residents rushed to supermarkets in a surge of panic buying to secure cooking oil, toilet paper and other staples.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Takaichi won a landslide in a snap election this month, and in her first speech since the vote outlined her new, assertive agenda.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Everyday Health follows strict sourcing guidelines to ensure the accuracy of its content, outlined in our editorial policy.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Or are aunts and uncles depicted as a family virus to be avoided and for which there is no vaccine?—
Geoffrey Greif,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 2026
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Similar to what was depicted in Love Story, his former assistant RoseMarie Terenzio revealed that Kennedy took Bessette out on a fishing boat to pop the question.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
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Rob Edwards was in little doubt about the moment that defined Wolverhampton Wanderers’ defeat by Crystal Palace.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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The blacklist has yet to be defined by the president’s lawyers.—
Ken Sweet,
Fortune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Meta attorney Phyllis Jones showed jurors Instagram posts, text messages and ephemera from her high school years in which Kaley portrayed her home life as intolerable.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Oprah Winfrey portrayed her daughter in an HBO movie about the story.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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The gelled look embellished her bronzy visage, painted by Naoko Sofia Patrizia Scintu.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The blue and red murals of stars and Mount Rushmore that the crews painted remain all these years later above the lockers used in filming.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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