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
In the skit, Gardner played a NewsNation anchor interviewing a technology professor (Thompson) about artificial intelligence in front of a town hall audience.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026
Rowe and her co-founder, who is also her fiancé, JR Polycarpe, leaned into affiliate marketing, letting real customers share unfiltered reviews and skits that showed how the products fit into their everyday routines.
—Essence, 4 Mar. 2026
The notoriously private couple returned to the public eye with a brief pre-recorded skit honoring producer Amy Pascal at the Producers Guild Awards, a rare joint appearance.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026
There was the drama competition one evening, each group presenting a skit featuring sea creatures.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026
Rowe and her co-founder, who is also her fiancé, JR Polycarpe, leaned into affiliate marketing, letting real customers share unfiltered reviews and skits that showed how the products fit into their everyday routines.
—Essence, 4 Mar. 2026
The notoriously private couple returned to the public eye with a brief pre-recorded skit honoring producer Amy Pascal at the Producers Guild Awards, a rare joint appearance.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026
There was the drama competition one evening, each group presenting a skit featuring sea creatures.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skit
Noun
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Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy and Ellie Kemper reunited at the Academy Awards on Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of their classic 2011 comedy and present the Oscars for best original score and sound.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Jane Levy is the latest addition to the cast of Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici’s NBC comedy pilot about private investigators.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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How did Jane Lynch wind up in the YouTube ad parodies?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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People can appreciate a Marx Brothers movie like Duck Soup, which is a parody of war and a musical.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In recent months, this idea has taken visual form across fashion runways, with brands from Chanel to Acne Studios showcasing childlike sketches, often referred to as ‘naive design’.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Too bad the moment got wasted with such a clunky sketch.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Skit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skit. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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