pencil

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For completeness a pencil is included in the tape exhibit.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Outgoing Chair Jerome Powell last year shelved an attempt to revisit officials’ “dot plot” exercise, where they pencil in where they expect rates to go.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Haendel, who is colorblind, said he initially planned for the entire work to be drawn in pencil and in grayscale, like much of his other work.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Using the new pencil beam approach, the team generated rapid, high-precision images while also tracking how cells absorb proteins in real time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

I throw my pencil down and roll onto my back as Mom answers the phone.

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