as in comedies
a short, funny story or performance
One of the funniest skits in the show was about cheerleading.
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Recent Examples of skits
Thankfully, future performers took note and mostly left the skits to Broadway and focused on the musical performances.
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Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
All skits aside, Fallon recently gave fans a glimpse of his life off-camera in a rare photo dump with his daughter Frances.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
But this Hooters location built a cult following through TikTok dances, parody skits and viral videos.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
In Sayreville, New Jersey, second- and third-graders will lead a school assembly featuring original skits about responsible technology use, supported by ConnectSafely Quick Guides and classroom follow-ups.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Viewers got a weekly explosion of boundary-pushing sketch comedy through irreverent skits delivered by a motley crew of characters with then-burgeoning hip-hop as the backdrop.
—Starr Rocque, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Landfair is incredulous how society allowed a child victim to be turned into a punchline and comedy skits.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
Jones envisioned the show as more light-hearted than those of her competitors, weaving comedy skits and bawdy humor in with the tawdry affairs of her guests.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
The shop's success is attributed to family experience and popular social media video skits.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
All skits aside, Fallon recently gave fans a glimpse of his life off-camera in a rare photo dump with his daughter Frances.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
But this Hooters location built a cult following through TikTok dances, parody skits and viral videos.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
In Sayreville, New Jersey, second- and third-graders will lead a school assembly featuring original skits about responsible technology use, supported by ConnectSafely Quick Guides and classroom follow-ups.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Viewers got a weekly explosion of boundary-pushing sketch comedy through irreverent skits delivered by a motley crew of characters with then-burgeoning hip-hop as the backdrop.
—Starr Rocque, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Landfair is incredulous how society allowed a child victim to be turned into a punchline and comedy skits.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
Jones envisioned the show as more light-hearted than those of her competitors, weaving comedy skits and bawdy humor in with the tawdry affairs of her guests.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
The shop's success is attributed to family experience and popular social media video skits.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skits
Noun
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All of Yorgos’ films, in some way or another, are comedies.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2026
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In creating Judge Travis, Barnes drew inspiration from classic TV comedies like The Larry Sanders Show and The Bernie Mac Show.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One programmer joked that his early sketches of the Goombas looked like chestnuts— kuri in Japanese, which is why Goombas are known in Japan as kuribo.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Late night shows like The Tonight Show typically include comedy sketches, and those have become a point of differentiation as the battle for guest bookings intensifies.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The films remained popular throughout the early 1940s, and their impact persevered via reruns, rereleases, and even parodies, such as Eddie Murphy's not-so-little Buckwheat on Saturday Night Live.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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O’Hara’s celebrity parodies for SCTV included Brooke Shields, Lucille Ball, Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn, Morgan Fairchild and gossip columnist Rona Barrett.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Skits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skits. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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