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"We recognize that sometimes its signature was written in pencil."

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

The uptick in home buyers started during the pandemic, when low interest rates drew capital into the residential market, driving up prices and helping renovation projects pencil out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Wang and Zahl analysed the problem on the assumption that the pencil was floating in a three-dimensional space, rather than on a flat surface.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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

Then I use my 4B pencil to create darker tones, increasing the contrast.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Sharpen your No. 2 pencils for next week’s newsletter, because I’ll be leading Investing 101, Don’t Short Yourself style.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Similarly, many school supplies are produced overseas, like pencils and crayons, which are predominantly imported from Brazil, China, Mexico and India.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

UBS pencils in a pretax loss for the unit of around 100 million pounds for the year ending in September compared with a profit of 500 million pounds in fiscal 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

The school gave me the textbooks I need, but Mom and I had to go out to get pencils, pens, binders, and paper ourselves.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Though they probably will have only four starting spots to fill in the postseason — and Yamamoto, Skubal, Snell and Glasnow can be penciled in when healthy — Ohtani’s build-up adds an interesting wrinkle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

That compared with $3.85 billion and $18.61 billion a year earlier, and is below the $4.47 billion and $19.47 billion in revenue that analysts polled by FactSet had penciled in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Specifically, Kashkari said he penciled in one rate hike in latest economic projections issued by the Fed last week.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

The sheet of paper he thrust into my hand was similar to the schedule pasted above my study desk upstairs, except he had penciled in two hours of “time with your cousins” each day.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There are currently two reservoirs pencilled for completion in 2036 and the 2040s, and more set to be approved.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

Danske’s Carsten Lonborg Madsen had pencilled in a revenue decline of between zero and minus 8% so the minus 5% to minus 13% range will necessitate a downgrade from him.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026

Before Ilia Topuria decided to take a hiatus, Pimblett was pencilled in to fight Charles Oliveira next.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

On it was pencilled the words: “Serves you right.”

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Now, he’s penciling in one rate hike this year.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Members of the wider policy committee signaled they aren’t afraid to raise interest rates to achieve that goal, penciling in at least one quarter-percentage-point hike by the end of 2026.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 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

The inflation outlook remains benign, and inflation expectations are firmly anchored, the BSP said, penciling in 2026 and 2027 inflation forecasts of 3.2% and 3.0%, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

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

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

The lower consumer inflation figure for June gave policymakers enough "room to breathe" for now, but with further price rises expected Swonk was pencilling in two rate hikes for later this year.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

And while full-year earnings growth estimates for S&P500 companies have sunk to zero, consensus forecasts are now pencilling in a rebound of almost 12% next year.

From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2023

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

From Golf Digest ● Feb. 12, 2020

He also said he was "pencilling in" three further increases next year, as interest rates returned gradually to "a normal level" of about 2.5%.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2017

In expression, in calm religious majesty, in suavity of pencilling, and the grand, pure style of the heads and drapery, quite like Raffaelle.”

From Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture by F. W. (Frederick William) Fairholt