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The enrollment of 4-year-olds, who need less hands-on care, typically helps cover the higher labor costs of caring for infants, so shifting solely to serving younger children doesn’t always pencil out financially.
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Calmatters, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Per my colleagues, the picks headed to Dallas are the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2026 first (can probably pencil that in at 30th) and a pick from Golden State in 2030, protected 1-20.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
But navigating the bureaucracy, paperwork and insurance grew to be too difficult, and the math just wouldn’t pencil out.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Manager Rocco Baldelli will regularly pencil four of the Twins’ own first-round picks (Lewis, Trevor Larnach, Matt Wallner and Brooks Lee) and one second-round pick (Luke Keaschall) into the lineup the rest of the way, and only Keaschall is an official rookie (and tearing it up).
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2025
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Calmatters, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Per my colleagues, the picks headed to Dallas are the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2026 first (can probably pencil that in at 30th) and a pick from Golden State in 2030, protected 1-20.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
But navigating the bureaucracy, paperwork and insurance grew to be too difficult, and the math just wouldn’t pencil out.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Manager Rocco Baldelli will regularly pencil four of the Twins’ own first-round picks (Lewis, Trevor Larnach, Matt Wallner and Brooks Lee) and one second-round pick (Luke Keaschall) into the lineup the rest of the way, and only Keaschall is an official rookie (and tearing it up).
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pencil
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Whether Leo can be swayed is another matter, given his own experience in the region and criticism of the often corrupt deals mining companies ink with governments in the developing world.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 June 2026
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The 40-year-old earned $630,000 per week as a player for Manchester United in 2021, inked a $1 billion lifetime deal with Nike, and is the face of brands like Tag Heuer; Whoop; and CR7, his own line of clothing, accessories, hotels, and gyms.—
Michelle Duncan,
Architectural Digest,
19 June 2026
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Children tape crayoned train drawings to the corridor walls and make soap artwork on the windows.—
Mark Orwoll,
Travel + Leisure,
18 July 2023
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“Pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pencil. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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