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  • present participle of draw.
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drawing

[draw-ing] / ˈdrɔ ɪŋ /


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He was drawing the line past which no empire’s authority can reach.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

Among people 55 and older who have a written plan for drawing down their savings, 57% report high confidence about spending in retirement.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

Two corpse flowers nicknamed Odora and Odorysseus have bloomed at the San Marino conservatory, drawing thousands for the rare occasion and quickly surpassing last year’s numbers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

It is drawing up plans for data centers that look more like Silicon Valley tech campuses or art museums, rather than windowless rectangles that neighbors often grouse about resembling prisons.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

“Your drawing made me see Waikīkī in a whole new way,” I tell her.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Rogers Jones Auctioneers are selling Young's original working drawings for his celebrated porcelain.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Klee’s mysterious, poetic range comes vividly to life in “Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds,” a chronological survey of roughly 100 paintings, drawings and prints at the Jewish Museum through July 26.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

He went several times to a show of portraits by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres at London’s National Gallery in 1999 and was greatly taken with the photographic’ quality of Ingres’ 19th century drawings.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

He went several times to a show of portraits by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres at London’s National Gallery in 1999 and was greatly taken with the photographic quality of Ingres’ 19th century drawings.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Dad says it’s ironic because I’m so good at drawing, but I don’t try to explain things with my drawings.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




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