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The board unanimously approved the $670 million expansion of the system’s flagship hospital on Wednesday evening after the project had been on the drawing board for more than two years.
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
But only about $321 billion of that money has actually been spent, with many projects still on the drawing board, according to data made public on Tuesday by the Clean Investment Monitor, a joint project of the Rhodium Group and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 13 May 2025
In all, the fleet will have flown 135 missions, the first in 1981, but there were many more on the drawing board.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2011
The project, which has a staggering price tag topping $40 billion, has been stuck on the drawing board for years.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
But only about $321 billion of that money has actually been spent, with many projects still on the drawing board, according to data made public on Tuesday by the Clean Investment Monitor, a joint project of the Rhodium Group and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 13 May 2025
In all, the fleet will have flown 135 missions, the first in 1981, but there were many more on the drawing board.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2011
The project, which has a staggering price tag topping $40 billion, has been stuck on the drawing board for years.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for on the drawing board
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“On the drawing board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20drawing%20board. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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