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Ten months later, Kellogg is out and Witkoff and Dmitriev, two businessmen with strong personal connections to their respective presidents, are sketching a new economic and security order for Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

While traders envision a clean downward arc for rates, Fed officials are sketching something messier—slower cuts with long pauses between moves.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Students are sketching diagrams of the reproductive system of angiosperms for a plant anatomy class.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Some are sketching artwork or recording videos to send to grandparents they won’t be seeing in person.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2022

The religious beliefs imputed to the Messiah we are sketching, are the ordinary beliefs of his age and people.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks