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The complex issues surrounding the charges are only sketchily outlined, to the detriment of the proceedings; we’re given little indication as to whether Bilal was an active participant in a crime or an unwitting sympathizer.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

While some critics dismissed the records as grandiloquent and sketchily produced, we embraced their quirky storytelling and spontaneous energy.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2022

Geopolitical competition among colonial rivals England, Spain and America to map and claim possession of the sketchily charted Pacific Northwest coast approached a high-water mark.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022

“Femenine” is notated, but sketchily so; the score consists of smallish cells of material that are repeated, and evolve.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2021

Carl's bedroom was white and simple, though spotty with aviation medals and silver cups and monoplanes sketchily rendered in gold, and signed photographs of aviators.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair