pencil in
Example Sentences
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The Dutch bank guided for 24 billion euros in income this year and 25 billion euros next, but analysts already pencil in 24.2 billion euros and 25.8 billion euros, respectively, analysts write.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Isabel Schnabel -- widely considered a hawk who is particularly wary of inflation -- fuelled expectations of possible rate-rises down the line after telling Bloomberg she was "rather comfortable" to see traders pencil in hikes.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
“I didn’t pencil in any cuts” next year, he said, because the Fed is going to have to maintain downward pressure “just to hold the line” on inflation.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025
You don't get a tick in the box if the name on the ballot paper means nothing to the voter clutching their stubby pencil in the voting booth.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
Something was written in pencil in the margin on page 278.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
