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That waste remains in pencil-thin rods assembled in steel tubes behind 5 feet of glass through which shift workers peer 24 hours a day to manipulate remote arms to cut them up, melt them down and pour the useful parts into molds from which the lab can fashion the new fuel.
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Written out in pencil, Seanelle could clearly make out an address in Minot, North Dakota.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
My planning is really just a lot of notes compiled in pencil in the back of my notebook.
—Emma Straub
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
In Baker’s archives are countless images of the library, rendered on construction paper in pencil and crayon.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Written out in pencil, Seanelle could clearly make out an address in Minot, North Dakota.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
My planning is really just a lot of notes compiled in pencil in the back of my notebook.
—Emma Straub
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
In Baker’s archives are countless images of the library, rendered on construction paper in pencil and crayon.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in pencil
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“In pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20pencil. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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