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Recent Examples of pencil
Following Meyers’ running, the four men huddled for a conversation, which ostensibly gave Espada enough comfort to pencil him into the starting lineup.
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Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 July 2025
That surcharge alone erodes a meaningful slice of Qatar’s margin advantage over Henry-Hub-linked U.S. cargoes and is already pencilled into 2026 LNG tender models.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
That’s because developers and property owners have told him the financials don’t pencil out.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
And in states where grid power is expensive — California, for example — solar could still pencil out for homeowners without the tax credit.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 26 June 2025
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Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 July 2025
That surcharge alone erodes a meaningful slice of Qatar’s margin advantage over Henry-Hub-linked U.S. cargoes and is already pencilled into 2026 LNG tender models.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
That’s because developers and property owners have told him the financials don’t pencil out.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
And in states where grid power is expensive — California, for example — solar could still pencil out for homeowners without the tax credit.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pencil
Verb
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Williams Racing has continued to lean into the lifestyle and fashion space, inking deals with All Saints, Carl Friedrik and Abercrombie & Fitch.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2025
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Two months after his death, the influencer shared a photo of matching angel wings inked on her right index and middle fingers.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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 Sep. 2025.
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