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Recent Examples of pencil
Look forward to penciling him in our lineup for two more years.
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Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
But there’s not enough tape and experience to pencil him in as a starter.
—Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
The King has had a full calendar in recent weeks, and future trips around the U.K. and abroad are penciled into his schedule.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
In her place was a much younger person, with dark, warm eyes, thinly pencilled brows, and a wide, shiny forehead.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
But there’s not enough tape and experience to pencil him in as a starter.
—Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
The King has had a full calendar in recent weeks, and future trips around the U.K. and abroad are penciled into his schedule.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
In her place was a much younger person, with dark, warm eyes, thinly pencilled brows, and a wide, shiny forehead.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pencil
ink
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Martinez, who inked a five-year, $18 million deal just before the season began, started a throwing program to rehab his sore right shoulder over the weekend.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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While the president has aimed to ink a regional diplomatic agreement expanding on the Abraham Accords of his first term, the war in Gaza has effectively frozen efforts to normalize diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, experts told ABC News.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
12 May 2025
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“Pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pencil. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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