as in comedy
a short, funny story or performance
One of the funniest skits in the show was about cheerleading.
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Recent Examples of skit
Thankfully, future performers took note and mostly left the skits to Broadway and focused on the musical performances.
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Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
All skits aside, Fallon recently gave fans a glimpse of his life off-camera in a rare photo dump with his daughter Frances.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
But this Hooters location built a cult following through TikTok dances, parody skits and viral videos.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
In Sayreville, New Jersey, second- and third-graders will lead a school assembly featuring original skits about responsible technology use, supported by ConnectSafely Quick Guides and classroom follow-ups.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
All skits aside, Fallon recently gave fans a glimpse of his life off-camera in a rare photo dump with his daughter Frances.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
But this Hooters location built a cult following through TikTok dances, parody skits and viral videos.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
In Sayreville, New Jersey, second- and third-graders will lead a school assembly featuring original skits about responsible technology use, supported by ConnectSafely Quick Guides and classroom follow-ups.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skit
Noun
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Some robots, like Noetix’s Bumi, appeared in comedy sketches to show social interaction capabilities.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Mercor tried to train one AI model to be funnier by hiring comedians from the Harvard Lampoon, an iconic comedy publication from Harvard University.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Humphrey, determined to recreate the video as accurately as possible, worked with Southwest to film her parody on a real plane with the same flight attendant from the first video.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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The governor’s willingness to mock the president through aggressive social-media parody elevated him to de facto resistance leader.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some robots, like Noetix’s Bumi, appeared in comedy sketches to show social interaction capabilities.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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The program’s first three sketches prominently featured humanoid robots, including a lengthy martial arts demonstration where over a dozen Unitree humanoids performed sophisticated fight sequences waving swords, poles and nunchucks in close proximity to human children performers.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Skit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skit. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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