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One postcard dated in 1967 included an apology that the author had "started to write in pencil but Tony pinched my pen".

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Rather than pencil in the expected path for rates, he said, a central bank should explain how it will react to a changing economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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

I really pared back technology in my class, and we’ve pivoted back to paper and pencil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

He looked at his hand, put down the pencil, and then looked back at Jeremy, who saw something terrible in the man's eyes—a kind of anger, but a sadness, too.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

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

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

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

It was well worth it and not just for the souvenir pencils, notepad and “do not disturb” sign in the room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

So when Hanako showed everyone her pencils with erasers, they caused quite a stir.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

That compared with $3.85 billion and $18.61 billion a year earlier, and is below the $4.47 billion and $19.47 billion in revenue that analysts polled by FactSet had penciled in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

According to the individual estimates entered as “dots” on the Fed’s latest so-called dot plot tool in the June projections, three officials had penciled in one hike by the end of the year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Nine officials penciled in rate hikes, with six of them expecting more than one hike.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

Bridge stared at herself: at her long hair bundled on top of her head with strands escaping, at her penciled eyes looking dark and huge, at her arms inside the tangles of thin bracelets.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead

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

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

Reports suggest fixtures against Uruguay and Japan are pencilled in.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

Asked about the law's future, the European Commission said the decision lies with the bloc's lawmakers and member states -- with a progress update among EU capitals pencilled in for December.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 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

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

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

Though this list isn’t exhaustive by any means, and not all dates have been announced, there’s plenty to start penciling into your calendar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026

The inflation outlook remains benign, and inflation expectations are firmly anchored, the BSP said, penciling in 2026 and 2027 inflation forecasts of 3.2% and 3.0%, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

“Mom, double Is in Halloween,” Lori said, erasing Mom’s writing and penciling in the changes.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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

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

There," she observed, after a half hour of active pencilling, "please lay your cigar aside and look pleasant.

From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Munn, Charles Clark