drawing board
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They developed mathematical foundations, reviewed them with Nemenman, tested ideas on computers, and often had to return to the drawing board after pursuing approaches that did not work.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Talk about going back to the drawing board.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Lewis and other Republican leaders went back to the drawing board.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
“There needs to be a standard and we need to execute and if we don’t execute, we go back to the drawing board, we work on those things, we get better and we execute.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025
Rab, Mr. Lorne, and Johnny all had their heads over the drawing board where the second letter was pieced together and spread out.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
