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pencil

[pen-suhl] / ˈpɛn səl /






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Displayed alongside several of Ishioka’s original design drawings, the armor offers a fascinating look at how her ideas evolved from pencil on paper into something almost anatomical.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He cleaned them and realized that the mark, which looked like it was from a pencil eraser, was in his own field of vision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Ten years ago Alec Palao was casually flicking through a collection of old records when he noticed some faint pencil markings that were enough to draw a gasp.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

She pulls out a pencil and scribbles on my notebook cover: Ana’s party.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

We did, however, register a website for our new school ventures, ProPublicaAcademy.com, and even designed some fun pencils to show our school spirit.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

“I think everyone is sharpening their pencils and wondering what is the impact of this going to be,” Brill said of the spike in yields since August.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

Stay tuned for a follow-up featuring your creative collections, including Charlie Chaplin tees, golf pencils and copies of “Pride and Prejudice.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Our hands turn pages of books, press fingertips to keyboard buttons, hold pencils and pens.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

A day earlier, Kashkari said he penciled in one more rate hike in 2026 and another one next year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

But in commentary shared with MarketWatch, Slok said out that the gap between tech analysts’ rosy cash-flow forecasts and the more modest numbers being penciled in for other sectors was looking suspiciously wide.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

A. Sixteen of 18 officials penciled in at least one more increase this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Trump administration has said little, but a meeting is penciled in for China’s Xi Jinping in Washington on Sept. 24.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Thomas returned to the crude map, trying to visualize the Maze and see stone walls where Minho had penciled lines.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

Fed officials also pencilled in another rate rise by the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The trial was pencilled in for April this year but was called off again, after the defence asked for more time to prepare.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

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

On it was pencilled the words: “Serves you right.”

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

The Fed on Wednesday raised its rates for the first time in three years, as widely expected, with most of officials penciling in one more hike this year via its dot plot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Now, he’s penciling in one rate hike this year.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 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

“We’ll see how it ends up penciling out in the end once we start to see some real results,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

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

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

Most analysts expect further cuts in the RRR this year, with some also pencilling in modest cuts in policy rates if activity continues to cool.

From Reuters ● Jan. 12, 2022

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

It was these pines, as they shot above the lower wood, that produced that pencilling of single trees I had so often remarked from the valley.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson




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