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squibs

noun

plural of squib

as in comedies

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This year’s Emmy Awards ceremony will see actors, directors, writers and more from drama shows like The Pitt and Pluribus as well as comedies like Widow’s Bay and Hacks compete for trophies.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Winkler was set to guest star, a subtle nod to the pair’s place as stars of hit Tuesday night ABC comedies of yore, Three’s Company for Ritter and Happy Days for Winkler.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of comedies

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Swift was born into the Anglo-Irish Protestant elite, and the text satires both the callousness of his class and a then-ascendant approach to morality and politics that held that all aspects of life could be cooked down to a pure numerical value.

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Did celebrated Italian auteur Nanni Moretti, known at home and abroad for his leftist political satires and introspective human comedies, just make his first straight-up soap opera?

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of satires

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These polyester fits have also been parodied in video skits, where comedians put on an all-over polyester print outfit, like a wolf T-shirt and galaxy pants, and parody the stereotypical nerdy kid.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Climate Defiance, the left-wing group whose portfolio includes disrupting both oil barons and Democrats, showed up to film skits criticizing her, with a comedian portraying her.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of skits

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Comedy sketches were staged by Danny Simon, as provided by a writing staff that included Stan Burns, Mike Marmer, Don Hinkley, Saul Turtletaub, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent, Bill Angelos and Buz Ko- han.

— Hank Grant, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
The future that Love Machines sketches is a dehumanized hell.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of sketches

Noun

With sparse amounts of slapstick, this staging isn’t the most physical of farces, though Lutz and Enriquez in particular strike some laugh-out-loud poses.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Two suburban groups, Plano’s Rover Dramawerks and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, are opening the new year with farces by prolific British playwrights that are marked by mistaken identity and other comic twists.

— Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026

Definition of farces

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