pencil in
Example Sentences
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Major indexes hit session lows following the central bank’s widely expected decision to hold rates steady and pencil in one more cut for 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Like you can throw a pencil in the air and how many times does it land on its tip.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 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
Poppy was grasping the pencil in her fist and making a wild scribble.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
