drawing board

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Recent Examples of drawing board The San Marcos Police Department union and city council are heading back to the drawing board after a surprising vote Tuesday night to rescind their most recent Meet and Confer agreement. Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2023 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 A number of potentially better reactor types have been stuck on drawing boards or at the experimental stage for decades. IEEE Spectrum, 24 Mar. 2015 See All Example Sentences for drawing board
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawing board
Noun
  • Bench coach Jeff Pickler, third base coach Andy Gonzalez, first base coach Doug Bernier, assistant hitting coach Jordan Pacheco and Schaeffer all took players aside to point out the nuances of the contact play.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Assuming Eldridge makes the cut, Devers is the likelier of the two to get the bulk of playing time at first base.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Some local governments are already on the case – and Atlanta is ground zero.
    Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Strindberg, a prolific Swedish author who penned this work in 1900 as one of about 60, was ground zero for Scandinavian noir.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • People weren’t asked to execute tasks handed down from above, they were expected to understand the business impact of their work, make trade-offs, and own the result from day one.
    Julio Martínez, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The pre-theater menu has been a hit since day one.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Intertextuality is described by Scarlett Barton in perhaps the opposite way, as linked to Roland Barthes’ observation that the author is dead, and that the text is the dissolution of every kind of voice, every beginning and core.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • This approach may appeal to taxpayers who want more personalized guidance at the beginning of the tax relief process before deciding how to proceed.
    Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Little Miss Curlin lost for the first time in five starts, coming north after cleaning out the competition in her native Louisiana.
    Bob Wisener, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
  • And 2026 is already off to a bloody start, with 46 killed so far, according to the group.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • One feature to make sure your sectional has is a curved middle instead of a square one.
    Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, the club finds itself back at square one and once again facing criticism for failing to close a deal with a top free agent.
    Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026

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“Drawing board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawing%20board. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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