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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

The brisk, absurdist tale sketches the duo’s difficulties in inhabiting their newly assumed roles and in the provisional nature of role-playing in general.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

In his role, Kinley draws from Björnson’s archive of sketches, photos and models to maintain a “DNA link” between her original concept and every piece of the design.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

But there was a reassuring stability to being with her, a certain safety in her whispering and her study room with the pencil sketches of Shakespeare on the walls.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie