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pencil

[pen-suhl] / ˈpɛn səl /






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But how would any of that pencil out with Dodger Stadium closed most of the year, and with gondola traffic chipping away at revenue from parking fees that start at a monstrous $40?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 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

“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

They were pictures he’d drawn with his complimentary pencil.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

Well, that is when dividend investors need to download the 10-K and sharpen their pencils.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

Peake said when he was in space batteries, pencils, pens and a pair of scissors all floated past during spacewalks.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

As I was going upstairs to fetch my portfolio and pencils, Mrs. Fairfax called to me: “Your morning school-hours are over now, I suppose,” said she.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Markets are largely expecting rates to be held this month, with a rate hike penciled in for September, though renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities could justify Fed governors raising rates now.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Further advances of 25% and 23.7% are penciled in for the final six months of the year.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

The trend slammed into reverse on Wednesday after the latest Federal Reserve projections penciled in the risk of an interest-rate hike later this year, spooking stock-market investors.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 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

The spike in global energy prices hasn’t deterred Wall Street analysts from penciling in increasingly higher estimates for corporate profits in 2026.

From MarketWatch May 4, 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

The economic outlook has shifted considerably from earlier this year, with economists penciling in more growth and less inflation than previously expected.

From Barron's Oct. 13, 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

“All right,” says the president, penciling in Annie’s name.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

Many experts are pencilling in sharper declines ahead, depending on how long the conflict lasts.

From BBC Apr. 6, 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

For next year, I am pencilling in “vaccine” and “post-pandemic”.

From The Guardian Nov. 26, 2020

"What are you writing there, Cox?" said another, to the keen-eyed man, who was pencilling something on a card.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James




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