drawing board
Example Sentences
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"He has to go back to the drawing board and he can come again."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I’m going to have to completely go back to the drawing board, rethink my life and probably start at the bottom in a new industry,” Abernathy said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
The U.S. men’s program has been back to the drawing board so many times the drawing board manufacturer told them they should probably start making their own drawing boards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Finally, the federation was forced to run a curtailed version without any commercial partners and has now gone back to the drawing board for the next season.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
While the twenty-seven-inch accelerator was still on the drawing board, Lawrence and Livingston worked intently to improve the performance of the eleven-inch chamber that Livingston had built for the old magnet.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
