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Recent Examples of pencil
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.
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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
Manager Joe Espada penciled Peña into Sunday afternoon’s starting lineup.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 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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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
Manager Joe Espada penciled Peña into Sunday afternoon’s starting lineup.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 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
ink
Verb
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Finally, last month, the New York Jets inked Sauce Gardner to a record-breaking deal.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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The county saw 58 venture capital deals inked, compared to 68 in the same quarter last year.—
Hang Nguyen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pencil. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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