pencil in
phrasal verb
penciled in or pencilled in; penciling in or pencilling in; pencils in
: to put (someone or something that may be changed later) on a schedule, list, etc.
Would you like me to pencil you in for Thursday morning at 11?
—sometimes used figurativelyHe was penciled in as the director's replacement.
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For some time analysts have pencilled in a cut in September, the next meeting of the FOMC.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 31 July 2025
Investors might be dealing with a little bit of a hangover from Wednesday when Federal Reserve Chairman Powell hesitated to pencil in an interest rate cut in September due to caution about whether tariffs will be inflationary.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 July 2025
Instead, Rollins’ injury caused Knight to win abruptly in a very flat finish, and Rollins may still be pencilled in for a successful Money in the Bank cash-in after Saturday’s main event between CM Punk and Gunther.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Analysts have penciled in a year-on-year growth rate of 5.1 percent, slowed from the 5.4 percent seen in the first quarter.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 31 July 2025
Investors might be dealing with a little bit of a hangover from Wednesday when Federal Reserve Chairman Powell hesitated to pencil in an interest rate cut in September due to caution about whether tariffs will be inflationary.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 July 2025
Instead, Rollins’ injury caused Knight to win abruptly in a very flat finish, and Rollins may still be pencilled in for a successful Money in the Bank cash-in after Saturday’s main event between CM Punk and Gunther.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Analysts have penciled in a year-on-year growth rate of 5.1 percent, slowed from the 5.4 percent seen in the first quarter.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
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“Pencil in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pencil%20in. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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