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View synonyms for thumbnail sketch
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Idioms and Phrases
A brief outline or cursory description, as in Let me give you a thumbnail sketch of the situation . This idiom alludes to drawing a picture no larger than a thumbnail. [Mid-1800s]Discover More
Example Sentences
Well, give me in a thumbnail sketch, something about Mr. Jitkoff's background.
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Cummings' life is scarcely even a sketch; at most it is a thumbnail sketch.
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From the thumbnail sketch to the many variations of a conceptual scheme, one eliminating the other, many decisions are arrived at.
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