pencil

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Apart from the Walden adventure, Thoreau appeared as a public speaker and worked as a surveyor and in his father’s very successful pencil factory, for which he created some important innovations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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

Major indexes hit session lows following the central bank’s widely expected decision to hold rates steady and pencil in one more cut for 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

When I look up, Ana has put a brand-new pencil on my desk.

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