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In its announcement post, Nvidia highlighted early adopters and evaluators across blue-chip names in e-commerce, industrials, and tech, suggesting near-term pilots that could convert into volume orders if returns pencil out.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Manager Rocco Baldelli will regularly pencil four of the Twins’ own first-round picks (Lewis, Trevor Larnach, Matt Wallner and Brooks Lee) and one second-round pick (Luke Keaschall) into the lineup the rest of the way, and only Keaschall is an official rookie (and tearing it up).
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2025
To finish off the style, Palmer dyed her eyebrows and penciled them in a auburn brown shade to match her hair color.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
After a brief foray into honey blonde territory, Palmer has been rocking spicy red hair for a while now, wearing it in voluminous curls, but this is a whole other look, and now her eyebrows are penciled to match.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 18 Aug. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Manager Rocco Baldelli will regularly pencil four of the Twins’ own first-round picks (Lewis, Trevor Larnach, Matt Wallner and Brooks Lee) and one second-round pick (Luke Keaschall) into the lineup the rest of the way, and only Keaschall is an official rookie (and tearing it up).
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2025
To finish off the style, Palmer dyed her eyebrows and penciled them in a auburn brown shade to match her hair color.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
After a brief foray into honey blonde territory, Palmer has been rocking spicy red hair for a while now, wearing it in voluminous curls, but this is a whole other look, and now her eyebrows are penciled to match.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pencil
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OpenAI inked a deal with chip designer AMD to collaborate on AI data centers, in a challenge to semiconductor giant Nvidia.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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And OpenAI is believed to have inked a $10 billion chip design deal with Broadcom to train its AI models, a move that could potentially reduce its reliance on partners like Nvidia and AMD.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Children tape crayoned train drawings to the corridor walls and make soap artwork on the windows.—
Mark Orwoll,
Travel + Leisure,
18 July 2023
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“Pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pencil. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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