pencil

So seeing those blue pencil marks tells you that a piece is real?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Then he found a pencil and a sheet of paper and started writing.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The interesting twist is that Gapen and team not only think the Fed will hike in September, but now pencil in a second quarter-point hike in December.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Dad is in perpetual mourning for a son who died in the first Gulf War and considers John, in comparison, a milquetoasty pencil pusher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

She grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil and marched back outside.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The max charging rate of 150 kW pencils out to a 10%-80% recharge in 28 minutes, under ideal conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

“When a court says pencils down, that’s supposed to mean pencils down.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

For several minutes, the only sound in the classroom is pencils scratching against paper, and the ticking of the clock on the wall.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Right-hander Roki Sasaki is working back from a blister on his middle finger and is penciled in to return from the IL next week against the Padres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Most officials penciled in one more increase this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The vast majority of officials penciled in one more hike this year in interest-rate projections released after their meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

Compton returned to his Washington hotel and penciled out a budget of $300,000 to cover the next six months.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

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

The Fed currently has one cut pencilled in, and will update this forecast next week.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 6, 2025

At the bottom of the last page he saw pencilled in a faint set of letters and figures.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

In June, the Fed’s “dot plot” forecast of interest rates showed a dramatic shift toward tightening, with nine officials penciling at least one rate hike this year and six penciling in more than one.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 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

Economists remain divided on the BOK’s policy path, with some still penciling in a rate cut in the first quarter of 2026 and others maintaining that the current easing cycle may have already ended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 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

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

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

These will help get that hole out of your head and let you start pencilling in a good score on the card.

From Golf Digest ● Feb. 7, 2018

He hastened over to Carver who was also busy pencilling, and drew him away into the shelter of a particularly large and ugly monument.

From The Herapath Property by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher