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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

"I got my pencil and ruler, and I joined them up, and I was aware that they were kind of pointing in the general direction of the sunrise on midsummer," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Using my HB pencil, I work to sketch out the barbs of the feather, drawing lines from the rachis outward.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

Hands were everywhere—open, holding pencils, scrunched up like a fist.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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

Even though Warsh did not submit a forecast, nine of the 18 participants penciled in a 2026 rate hike.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

When the Fed last released a dot plot, in March, none had penciled in a hike this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

“Honey,” Flossie said suddenly, her carefully penciled eyebrows descending, coming together in a little frown.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

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

The Federal Reserve is only penciling in one potential interest-rate cut in 2026, citing uncertainty in the Middle East as a reason to go slow.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 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

In the meantime, below are 10 essential Latino performances we’ll be penciling into our schedule, listed in chronological order.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 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

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

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

Hurriedly pencilling a note, she sent a messenger to her liege, still busy with his horses, to bid him come to her, if only for a moment, on his way to the office.

From Waring's Peril by King, Charles