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Recent Examples of pencil
That being said, penciling McCaffrey in for a full campaign is definitely dangerous given his unfortunate track record.
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
Many deals that penciled before don’t anymore, not because the buildings changed, but because the cost of capital did.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 19 July 2025
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
Many deals that penciled before don’t anymore, not because the buildings changed, but because the cost of capital did.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pencil
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Until a deal is officially inked, airlines must continue to follow the Federal Aviation Administration’s emergency order to incrementally reduce flight capacity at 40 major US airports, up to 10%.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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On the heels of six Grammy nominations for her seventh studio album Man’s Best Friend, pop star Sabrina Carpenter has inked a deal to star in and produce an untitled musical, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, for Universal Pictures.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 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 21 Nov. 2025.
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