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One postcard dated in 1967 included an apology that the author had "started to write in pencil but Tony pinched my pen".

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The researchers believe the bees mixed dirt with saliva to construct each tiny nest, which measured less than the size of a pencil eraser.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

I really pared back technology in my class, and we’ve pivoted back to paper and pencil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

“It’s a pencil, and so you know, we’re going to have to see how the data comes in,” he added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

When I look up, Ana has put a brand-new pencil on my desk.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

He’s done the math — $82 a night for a queen bed, single occupancy; $89 for a king — and likes how it pencils out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Labour peer Baroness Theresa Griffin of Princethorpe said she was once left in airport "holding pens" and given colouring pencils while travelling to Strasbourg.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Well, that is when dividend investors need to download the 10-K and sharpen their pencils.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

“Generally, $150 Brent is where people will really start to put their pencils down and do the math,” Babin said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

For a moment pencils scratched, then Henk collected the folded ballots.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

And he’s penciled in to pitch against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Nine saw higher rates as warranted by year-end, eight favored holding, and one penciled in a cut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

According to the individual estimates entered as “dots” on the Fed’s latest so-called dot plot tool in the June projections, three officials had penciled in one hike by the end of the year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

But officials’ quarterly economic projections told the story of the shift: Nine of 19 officials penciled in at least one rate increase by year’s end, up from none in March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

“See?” he cries, pointing at the penciled inscription.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Goldman Sachs estimate is $474 billion in 2030 while Morgan Stanley has $330 billion pencilled in, according to forecasts shared with investors that the Wall Street Journal reported.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

Beyond that, there's the spending plans the chancellor has pencilled in for future years.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

Myles Lewis-Skelly, who was pencilled in to start in midfield, was moved to left-back and Saka, who is building up his fitness after a hip issue, was brought into the number 10 role.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

But given the slowdown in inflation, analysts at Capital Economics said they had now "pencilled in rate cuts towards the end of the year".

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

At night, in his dreams, he saw red X’s pencilled down the side of the store.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

“We’re not penciling in a recession or anything like that.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

Wall Street analysts are already penciling in strong earnings growth — not just for large-cap companies, but for small-cap firms as well, FactSet data showed.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 9, 2026

Though this list isn’t exhaustive by any means, and not all dates have been announced, there’s plenty to start penciling into your calendar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026

Fed policymakers had previously indicated in their September Summary of Economic Projections that they were penciling in rate cuts at both the October and December meetings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

“This is almost too easy,” Shay said, penciling a pair of fat, black eyebrows over her own.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

While expectations of a swift eurozone rate hike have been tempered somewhat, some are now pencilling one in for the ECB's June meeting.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Most analysts expect further cuts in the RRR this year, with some also pencilling in modest cuts in policy rates if activity continues to cool.

From Reuters ● Jan. 12, 2022

Officials have offered more vocal support in recent days to earlier action and we are pencilling in a September announcement, but it is clear that the Covid resurgence could delay it.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2021

Anytime you get Rahm in California pencilling in a top 10 is just a given at this point.

From Golf Digest ● Feb. 12, 2020

I have made a trifling remark in page 6, but it is a mere matter of metaphysical nicety, and perhaps hardly worth pencilling your beautiful manuscript for.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary