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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
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Three years ago, Wain and Marino also hit the road with the State for a nostalgic reunion tour that revived many of their greatest sketches and characters.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2026
Ukraine prompts the return of sketches One year almost to the day after the COVID Diary ended, Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Word is Taylor Swift and her longtime stylist, Joseph Cassell, were swamped with sketches from designers from all over the world for this weekend’s wedding of music’s most famous pop star to football’s now most famous tight end.
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Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
These authors use unpublished Geisel sketches for new picture books.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Think rough sketches rather than finished paintings, or first drafts of novels sent to the printers without edits or proofreading.
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Tim Brinkhof,
Time,
26 June 2026
The President had read a lot of the sketches and liked it all.
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Peter White,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
Eight decades later, four of the sketches have been acquired by the White House Historical Assn.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
26 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.
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George Avalos,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, the filmmaker sketches her life story.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
Ahangarani sketches her life story through five portraits of relatives and mentors.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
Today, the public largely remembers Holmes through magazine covers, courtroom sketches, documentaries, and television dramatizations.
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Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Three years ago, Wain and Marino also hit the road with the State for a nostalgic reunion tour that revived many of their greatest sketches and characters.
—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2026
Ukraine prompts the return of sketches One year almost to the day after the COVID Diary ended, Russia invaded Ukraine.
—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Word is Taylor Swift and her longtime stylist, Joseph Cassell, were swamped with sketches from designers from all over the world for this weekend’s wedding of music’s most famous pop star to football’s now most famous tight end.
—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
These authors use unpublished Geisel sketches for new picture books.
—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Think rough sketches rather than finished paintings, or first drafts of novels sent to the printers without edits or proofreading.
—
Tim Brinkhof,
Time,
26 June 2026
The President had read a lot of the sketches and liked it all.
—
Peter White,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
Eight decades later, four of the sketches have been acquired by the White House Historical Assn.
—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Verb
The filing sketches out an unusually lean operation.
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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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The developers will next prepare construction drawings and take other steps in anticipation of breaking ground in about two years.
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Schematics, facility maps, aerial photographs, engineering drawings, cutaway illustrations, and previously unfamiliar archival images reveal the extraordinary complexity of the undertaking.
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The women’s portraits did not contain SynthID watermarks, but an AI detection tool flagged them as containing synthetic elements.
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Many museums around the world, including the Met, the Getty, and the Musée d’Orsay, own examples of his genre scenes, landscapes, and portraits.
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Rich in both scenery and history, the White Pass & Yukon Route traces the path of gold seekers through some of the most rugged landscapes in North America.
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More about Goldhofer and its NC expansion The move marks a significant expansion for the firm, which traces its roots to 1705 and formal establishment in 1946.
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The Anti-Defamation League describes Patriot Front as a white supremacist group.
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Staying home might not readily provide the intoxicating beauty Emerson describes.
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My favorite depictions of this city know its real history is too cuckoo to capture sincerely; straight reenactments make the production of 35mm masterpieces look as piddly as Shrinky Dinks.
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The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits.
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The platform helps users build ATS-friendly resumes using professional templates, then compares those resumes against real job descriptions to identify missing keywords, skills, and qualifications.
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Investigators have determined the two attacks are unrelated, due to vastly different descriptions of the suspects, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.
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Rather, the department outlines a checklist developers must complete to get a stamp of recommendation from city staffers before going before the Commission.
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The law outlines an appeals process and allows for people on the registry to apply for expungement after three years.
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His pioneering work on the colonial bar portrays a profession living through extraordinary uncertainty.
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The summer’s political bestseller portrays him as a figure whose transformative potential has been utterly derailed by hubris.
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“Sketches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketches. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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