skits

plural of skit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of skits The background music makes the skits feel like the real deal. Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 10 July 2026 Since joining the cast, Hernández has played key roles in the newer seasons’ most hilarious skits, including Domingo in the viral wedding sketch featuring Ariana Grande. Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 July 2026 Acknowledging the Jackasses’ age, if not maturity, are a couple skits about prostate and rectal checkups. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 Social is a family affair—Rivera often collaborates with sister Lexi (#34) on skits and challenges. Steven Bertoni, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Readers' theater skits bring grammar to life. Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026 During the coronavirus pandemic, Scanlon began using whiteboards and creating skits on social media to explain markets and economic trends for audiences not versed in financial markets. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 June 2026 Students in Honka's class complained to staff at the school in April 2024 that they were allegedly pressured to kiss during skits that were graded assignments. Logan Smith, CBS News, 15 June 2026 The content creator has garnered over 2 million followers across platforms by posting comical skits about the workplace, framing office culture as relatable and all too accurate. Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skits
Noun
  • Two solid first-year comedies, FX’s The Lowdown and HBO’s I Love LA, were completely shut out, as was network TV’s best hope other than Abbott Elementary, NBC’s The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • Getty Images The medical drama The Pitt led the Primetime Emmy Awards nominations on Wednesday with 25 nods, while the comedies Hacks was next with 24 and Widow's Bay with 19.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • The Washington Monument's architect, Robert Mills, was picked to design the obelisk on the National Mall after his sketches won an open design competition in 1814.
    Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 July 2026
  • Michael Patrick Jann directed the sketches that were with a [professional] crew or shot on film or Beta.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Scary Movie paved the way for more big-screen parodies, including Date Movie (2006), Epic Movie (2007), and Meet the Spartans (2008).
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026
  • Tiddes gave props to Paramount’s marketing department, which created a string of memes and myriad parodies on social media to lead the masses to Scary Movie.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 18 June 2026

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“Skits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skits. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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