Thesaurus results for DRAWINGS

drawings

noun

plural of drawing

as in sketches

a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree

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Recent Examples of drawings Wednesday and Tuesdays major money lottery drawings dropped jackpot winnings all over Miami-Dade, including two hits in one place. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 Rather than presenting Zumthor’s work through drawings or conventional architectural documentation, Wenders trains his camera on the people who encounter, inhabit and build these spaces, letting the buildings unfold from the inside. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 This means every manual transfer of bills of materials, drawings or engineering revisions creates opportunities for error. — Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Mining the moribund annals of art history, the duo create tenderly wrought paintings and drawings that often revisit the aesthetics of the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires, which overtook large swaths of the artists’ native Croatia for centuries. — Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Mediums range from paintings and drawings to light and video installations. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 In the release for the Wisconsin presentation, Baker Prindle sought to situate Diffuse Control within a legacy that includes Vera Molnár and Harold Cohen, two artists who used algorithms to dictate the creation of drawings. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 Many brought flowers and drawings and other tributes to the late singer. — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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The baseball player, entertainer and social media personality rose to fame with the exhibition barnstorming baseball team, which puts on dance routines, comedy sketches and more.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Some historians point to one of Leonardo’s sketches from about the same time that show a David-like nude with a leaf over its groin, arguing that Leonardo wanted Michelangelo’s masterpiece modestly concealed.

— Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026

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