pencil
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Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt and TU Wien have now done that with a formula that can be worked out analytically, using what the scientists describe as essentially paper and pencil.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Children will also be able to pick up free stationery, pencil cases and water bottles.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
With a few strokes of his pencil, Filippo Sorcinelli brought to life a flowing liturgical robe -- fitting for the man whose artistry and faith have cemented an international reputation for one-of-a-kind ecclesiastical attire.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Buying an EV still doesn’t pencil out for a typical American driver even with higher prices at the pump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I throw my pencil down in frustration and lean back so hard against my headboard that it smacks against the wall.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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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
Managers of seven Southern California water agencies have been studying options for building the pipelines and pump stations to transport the water on land if the technology pencils out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Unfortunately, the other package has the colouring pencils, and I didn't get that one delivered yet.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Now I’m sitting at the kitchen table with my sketchbook, a mallard’s feather, and a selection of my graphite pencils, letting what Dr. Crowchild said percolate.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Tommy Edman was penciled into the leadoff spot and will play center field, while Alex Call will be the designated hitter and bat eighth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
Analysts currently have penciled in bottom-up earnings growth of more than 23%, according to FactSet analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
ANZ has penciled in a rate hike in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Sydelle turned to the group, one penciled eyebrow arched high over her red sequined spectacles.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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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
Danske’s Carsten Lonborg Madsen had pencilled in a revenue decline of between zero and minus 8% so the minus 5% to minus 13% range will necessitate a downgrade from him.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
Canada's race switches from June to 22-24 May so it can take place in the same month as the Miami Grand Prix, which is pencilled in for 1-3 May.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
The Fed currently has one cut pencilled in, and will update this forecast next week.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 6, 2025
On it was pencilled the words: “Serves you right.”
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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“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
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
“We’re not penciling in a recession or anything like that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
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
All day one Saturday the girls gave each other curly permanent waves and plucked out their eyebrows, penciling a thin arc over each eye.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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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
More than 80% of companies have beaten so far and S&P500 companies are on course for annual profit growth of 2.6% for Q3 and pencilling in some 12% earnings expansion for 2024.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2023
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 also said he was "pencilling in" three further increases next year, as interest rates returned gradually to "a normal level" of about 2.5%.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2017
At Reading she had despatched an answering telegram to her sister; and for nearly an hour afterwards, she had sat in the corner of her carriage, covering sheet after sheet of note-paper with hasty pencilling.
From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston