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as in drawings
a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
made a quick sketch from which she would create a more detailed painting later
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as in portraits
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
gave her boss quick sketches of the personalities of the clients he was about to meet
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as in traces
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 describes
to give a representation or account of in words
briefly sketched the intent of the reorganization plan
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Recent Examples of sketches
Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 June 2026
The payoff was a bevy of remarkable oil and pencil sketches (a stunning oil study can be seen in the Olana exhibition) as well as paintings.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026
By the fourth year, more than 800,000 kids were submitting sketches.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 11 June 2026
The museum-level art collection includes Yoshitaka Echizenya silkscreens, Valerio Adami murals, Amedeo Modigliani line drawings, Robin Whyler sketches of Tokyo neighborhoods and even a few Morford sculptures.
—Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
His sketches have helped police to identify hundreds of suspects and generated leads in some of the Bay Area's most serious crimes.
—Juliette Goodrich, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness features comedy sketches about different moments in history.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 11 June 2026
Take turns sharing your sketches at the end of the summer.
—Parents, 11 June 2026
These sketches are all hand-drawn.
—Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 9 June 2026
Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 June 2026
The report by Skyscanner, a free global search engine for travel, sketches out a dynamic that bodes well for merchants and cities hoping for an economic boost similar to other major events that have taken place in recent months.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, the filmmaker sketches her life story.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Ahangarani sketches her life story through five portraits of relatives and mentors.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 May 2026
Constraint Is a Creative Brief BFL's core technical innovation — latent diffusion, a method that sketches a rough visual blueprint before rendering detail — wasn't chosen for elegance.
—Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
All of this is to amp up our sympathy for these men and our certainty that Carol killed Floyd, until the season finale finally sketches her out, albeit thinly.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Fey revealed the lounge has fallen apart after literally being run into the ground by too many Five-Timers Club sketches.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Yet Barbara is so much more than a foil; Rosenberg sketches out the life of a woman who dreamed of ascending in status, of moving from working-class Brooklyn to the Upper East Side on the arm of a surgeon.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
That meant weaving in comedy sketches, musical performances and choreography as well as clips that audiences had never seen before.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 June 2026
The payoff was a bevy of remarkable oil and pencil sketches (a stunning oil study can be seen in the Olana exhibition) as well as paintings.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026
By the fourth year, more than 800,000 kids were submitting sketches.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 11 June 2026
The museum-level art collection includes Yoshitaka Echizenya silkscreens, Valerio Adami murals, Amedeo Modigliani line drawings, Robin Whyler sketches of Tokyo neighborhoods and even a few Morford sculptures.
—Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
His sketches have helped police to identify hundreds of suspects and generated leads in some of the Bay Area's most serious crimes.
—Juliette Goodrich, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness features comedy sketches about different moments in history.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 11 June 2026
Take turns sharing your sketches at the end of the summer.
—Parents, 11 June 2026
These sketches are all hand-drawn.
—Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 9 June 2026
Verb
The filing sketches out an unusually lean operation.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 June 2026
The report by Skyscanner, a free global search engine for travel, sketches out a dynamic that bodes well for merchants and cities hoping for an economic boost similar to other major events that have taken place in recent months.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, the filmmaker sketches her life story.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Ahangarani sketches her life story through five portraits of relatives and mentors.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 May 2026
Constraint Is a Creative Brief BFL's core technical innovation — latent diffusion, a method that sketches a rough visual blueprint before rendering detail — wasn't chosen for elegance.
—Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
All of this is to amp up our sympathy for these men and our certainty that Carol killed Floyd, until the season finale finally sketches her out, albeit thinly.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Fey revealed the lounge has fallen apart after literally being run into the ground by too many Five-Timers Club sketches.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Yet Barbara is so much more than a foil; Rosenberg sketches out the life of a woman who dreamed of ascending in status, of moving from working-class Brooklyn to the Upper East Side on the arm of a surgeon.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketches
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History books of Hamburg Township, pictures, drawings, maps and more items from folks in the community are inside the time capsule.—
Alysia Burgio,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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Stanton represents Bonnie’s fantasy world as a bright dimension of pastel drawings and glitzy colors, whereas the Lilypad games are flat and uninspired.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Among all the things that make Iliad Bookshop unique is the mural outside, depicting literary scenes and portraits of more than fifty authors and musicians like Charles Dickens, Sylvia Plath, Harper Lee, Pink Floyd and Tom Petty.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
19 June 2026
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Earlier works often centered on solitary women posed with the self-possession of royal portraits or religious icons.—
Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Verb
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Although Juneteenth is a nationwide celebration, the holiday traces its roots to Texas.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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The film is set in a declining industrial city in Northeast China and traces a young man’s search for his father, a small-time schemer who chased quick riches during the freewheeling capitalist surge of the late 1990s and early 2000s in Southern China.—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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What These Treatments Actually Cost At the mass-market end, Restore Hyper Wellness describes itself as the largest direct-to-consumer wellness provider in the country, with more than 200 studios nationwide as of May 2026.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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In this installment, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Andrew Sean Greer describes living in Venice while completing his latest novel Villa Coco.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Deepfakes have been a constant presence in the AI age as large-language models have made generating depictions of actors, singers and other celebrities much more accessible to the public.—
Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Yes, other Hollywood depictions of the future had predicted similar technology over the years, but guess what year Apple overlord Steve Jobs announced the breakthrough videotelephony product known as FaceTime?—
Dan Snierson,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Social media descriptions of Skid Row dogs being used for fights and to test drugs often lack credible evidence and actionable information, said Los Angeles Police Department Lt.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Further descriptions were not available.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
Verb
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The non-binding agreement outlines a framework for the companies to evaluate technical and commercial details.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 June 2026
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The framework also outlines measures da Zaeli said are needed to ensure legal certainty, avoid undue liability and safeguard the right to full defense and due process.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
Verb
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Mitre’s film portrays the birth of a civil resistance movement and the state’s infiltration operation designed to destroy it.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 June 2026
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Depicting her friendship with the trans actress Candy Darling (a sensitive turn by Stephen Dorff), the story portrays how Solanis came to write her notorious SCUM Manifesto (an acronym for the Society for Cutting Up Men) and the spiral of rejection that led to her desperate act of violence.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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“Sketches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketches. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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