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The grocer and counter clerks would take down orders in pencil on the back of the sacks, grind coffee beans, weigh out sugar and flour, and so on.
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Faron Levesque, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Getty Images Think fluffy brows, effortlessly tousled hair, and a brownish-pink pout, outlined in pencil a few shades darker than her lipstick.
—Lauren Murdoch-Smith, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2024
Reporters fresh out of college learned to high-tail it to a fire or shooting; to buttonhole officials before and after public meetings; to take notes in pencil outdoors in winter, because ink congeals in the cold; and to meet deadlines and word limits.
—Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2023
The New Yorker The artist scribbled gags in pencil on her ink-wash cartoons, touching on themes of romance, motherhood, and body image.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
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Faron Levesque, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Getty Images Think fluffy brows, effortlessly tousled hair, and a brownish-pink pout, outlined in pencil a few shades darker than her lipstick.
—Lauren Murdoch-Smith, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2024
Reporters fresh out of college learned to high-tail it to a fire or shooting; to buttonhole officials before and after public meetings; to take notes in pencil outdoors in winter, because ink congeals in the cold; and to meet deadlines and word limits.
—Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2023
The New Yorker The artist scribbled gags in pencil on her ink-wash cartoons, touching on themes of romance, motherhood, and body image.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
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“In pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20pencil. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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