crayon

verb

Definition of crayonnext
as in to pencil

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Recent Examples of crayon Children tape crayoned train drawings to the corridor walls and make soap artwork on the windows. — Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crayon
  1. pencil
  2. ink
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  • If your technology spend is under $300,000 annually, the infrastructure likely won't pencil out yet.
    — Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • That’s meant to help the math for development costs pencil out to make projects a reality, but means less tax revenue coming in from the development than there could otherwise be.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
Definition of pencil
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  • Dippold inked an overall deal with Apple TV as the streamer renewed Widow’s Bay for Season 2, ahead of the Season 1 finale, which is now available to stream.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 July 2026
  • Much like fellow netminder Calle Clang, who signed with Rögle BK in his native Sweden earlier this offseason, Buteyets, 24, inked a deal overseas with Traktor Chelyabinsk, who then loaned him to the Shanghai Dragons.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 July 2026
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“Crayon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crayon. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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