crayon

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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 See All Example Sentences for crayon
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  • The statewide gain for school districts is a relief for Los Angeles Unified, which will likely be able to pencil out recent raises provided to employees to avert a strike, although long-term financial challenges remain for the state’s largest school system.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • The Royals will pencil him into the opening day lineup at third base against the Atlanta Braves.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
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  • Agnes Quigley is inked at the top of the book’s first page.
    Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • The airy confines of the stately home where Allied commanders are gathered provide both the grandeur and the contrast to the minutiae inked out on vast maps in the small hours of the night.
    Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 29 May 2026

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“Crayon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crayon. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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