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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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While Tiwari said it was intended to make the film more accessible to international audiences, Adlakha likened the result to "exaggerated mouth movements superimposed on still images for comedy sketches".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The demos are lovely, ethereal sketches, documenting Townshend breathing life into his creations for the first time.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

Buzz around the game has also spawned viral “Saturday Night Live” sketches, and YouTube skits about droves of workers all putting in for the same time off in order to play the game.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Mr. Gershkovich quickly sketches his early life and the political and journalistic context of his ordeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

On opposite pages, she attached blue paper frames with beeswax and slipped in the corresponding watercolor sketches.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman