pencil in

Example Sentences

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Then, without warning, the professor snapped the pencil in half.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 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

Whenever Miss Ulfat had a break in her schedule, my mother would visit, her notebook and pencil in hand, until gradually the strange squiggles and symbols on the page revealed themselves to her.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai