pencil in
Example Sentences
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In new forecasts due at its meeting next week, the ECB may pencil in a contraction in second-quarter activity too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Unified to pencil in exact amounts for grants even though the district is likely to get its share.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
Isabel Schnabel -- widely considered a hawk who is particularly wary of inflation -- fuelled expectations of possible rate-rises down the line after telling Bloomberg she was "rather comfortable" to see traders pencil in hikes.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
“I didn’t pencil in any cuts” next year, he said, because the Fed is going to have to maintain downward pressure “just to hold the line” on inflation.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025
He snapped the pencil in two and handed her the sharpened end.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
