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[skech] / skɛtʃ /




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With a regular budget of $10,000 a month for your everyday needs, your chance of success — meaning, your money outlives you — was 99%, according to the sketch of your situation in Boldin.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Cher also weighed in, posting a tribute to Mackie on X that read, “Bob has gone up to heaven. Knowing him, he’s bringing Sequins, Beads, & his sketch pad. Good nite sweet Prince.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

But it’s also a show with a sound bite archive spanning decades which includes such hits as “Jane, you ignorant slut,” from a late-’70s “Weekend Update” sketch starring Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

Her performance drew criticism from former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, now a TV news host, who compared it to a "Saturday Night Live" comedy sketch.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

I stared at the sketch until my vision started to double.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

But I do think that the showing-your-work part of it all—publishing behind-the-scenes videos, dance rehearsals, early sketches and storyboards, for example—is likely to endure for a while, especially if attitudes towards machine-generated creative don’t improve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 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

The entire trip resulted in dozens of posts from each of these creators, such as daily vlogs, “get ready with me”-style videos and comedy sketches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

This isn’t an epic work but a compilation of comic sketches tied together with heavy thematic string.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The design was still only sketches and numbers and symbols.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Artist William Richardson had no connection to Aberfan, with his skills being used most often on the pier where he sketched caricatures of visitors and celebrities performing in town.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Since taking over the World Bank in 2023, the former Mastercard CEO has sketched an ambitious plan to fight poverty by addressing an estimated shortfall in the developing world of 800 million jobs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

In minutes, Bartlett had sketched the makeshift shrine that Helga builds for Arnold in her closet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Thatcher, though, was far and away the best part of both films, bringing a striking depth to her thinly sketched characters.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

At a much larger scale, Alexander had sketched his own childlike version of the type of alpine scenery depicted in the tiny watercolors of the Hixby’s Guide.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

I have friends who explore unfamiliar places by running through neighborhoods at sunrise or sketching what they see.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Reports have painted a picture of a decidedly low-key existence for the actor on the island, with Carrey spending his time reading, writing, walking, painting, and sketching.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

At the Art Institute of Chicago, a survey of the Abstract Expressionist’s work demonstrates how central sketching was to his practice and how creatively he approached it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

In her song Wi$h Li$t, from her last album, Swift fantasised about settling down with Kelce, sketching out an idyllic future in which they have "a couple kids" and "a driveway with a basketball hoop".

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Her watercolors of speckled mushrooms and bonneted girls were hung with pride in the family room, and her skill was encouraged with private lessons and summer visits to sketching camp.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris


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