pencil
Example Sentences
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All else remaining equal, the resulting range would pencil out to a bladder-busting 700 miles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
However, nonconductive materials like fingernails or pencil erasers do not alter the electric field, so the screen does not respond.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
He said she had pointed a broken pencil at him.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
"You may see the stereotypical pencil point trees that they've started to fell or to coppice," Jasper said.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
I help myself to a pencil and paper from a tray and choose a small table in the corner.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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