- present participle of draw.
drawing
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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
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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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