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sketches

  • plural
    of sketch.
    sketch
    noun
    a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
  • present tense form
    of sketch (3rd person singular).
    sketch
    noun
    a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.

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They could even convey the rules they had discovered through gestures or sketches.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Osborne, who is best known for posting crude comedy sketches on YouTube, launched her podcast series earlier this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

A sketchbook from Whistler’s teenage years in St. Petersburg, Russia—where his father worked as an engineer—is an unexpected treasure in the show, and includes sensitive portrait sketches that establish Whistler’s skills as a draftsman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

All the while, he and creative partner Cooper Tomlinson were trialling content online, mixing comedy sketches on TikTok and Instagram with horror shorts such as "The Chair" on their YouTube channel "That's a Bad Idea".

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

The sketches make you feel as if you’re looking into the cadaver alongside Leonardo—that this body has been opened up in front of you.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day