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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pencil (in)
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Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry authored the proposal in Assembly Bill 65.
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Assembly Bill 1729, authored by Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-San Jose, would require state departments to establish telework policies that articulate to employees why they are needed for in-person work.
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To illustrate his thesis, Rushdie spoke about Jane Austen and how her novels, penned at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, don’t contain any detailed mentions of war.
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Sarah Rothschild pens the screenplay with Elizabeth Cantillon producing.
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The southeastern part of the state has some nice topography, Billingsley reminds, and Picture Canyon, a mile past the Picture Canyon sign on Forest Service Road 533, is a gorgeous destination tucked inside Colorado’s Comanche National Grassland.
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One exemption is the cupholders — there is a MetLife sign on every single one across the 80,000-seater stadium.
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Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad.
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As usual, McCartney scribbled all over the blueprint.
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“Pencil (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pencil%20%28in%29. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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