drawing board

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Recent Examples of drawing board But the Sackett case could send the agency back to the drawing board, according to Paul Botts, the president and executive director of the Wetlands Initiative. Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2023 However, later on, issues might arise within the group, or a flawed plan could require you all to go back to the drawing board. Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023 This sends both proponents and opponents of increasing the minimum wage back to the drawing board. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023 That means business visionaries need to return to the drawing board and rethink their view of the future. Alan Murray, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for drawing board
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Noun
  • The third baseman originally injured his hand on June 8 when diving back to first base and would not return until July 5.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Bellinger also gives Aaron Boone another option at first base.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Winter trips focus on gray wolves, spending dawn and dusk in the Lamar Valley, which is ground zero for the country’s wolf reintroduction efforts.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Scotland is ground zero for the U.K.’s grid decarbonization challenge.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The All-American Rejects are headlining day one of the Kroger Wellness Festival, a free two-day event running Sept. 26-27 in downtown Cincinnati.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Transparency in pricing was a hallmark from day one.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • What began as one family’s search for a life in rhythm with the land has bloomed into a thriving village where 70% of the acreage has been protected under a land trust from the beginning.
    Chrissy Tracey, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Since the beginning, her writing has been intimate and personal, emblematic of a storyteller who can pinpoint a fleeting emotion and describe scenes fit for a rom-com.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Elmbrook School District is considering changing its school start and end times, an idea that could affect the schedules of nearly 8,000 students.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Two batters into his Wednesday start, Chicago Cubs right-hander Cade Horton watched the Cincinnati Reds’ Spencer Steer pop up his 83 mph sweeper for what should have been an easy out.
    Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Anything can be a trend or become a norm, even what feels like square one.
    Lex Goldstein, Allure, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But then, in August 2024, prosecutors came into court, rejected their own deal, and essentially restarted the case from square one, court records show.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Drawing board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawing%20board. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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