penciled

verb

variants or pencilled
past tense of pencil
as in inked

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  1. inked
  2. outlined
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  • Undrafted out of Butler, the Hornets inked the 23-year-old to a two-way contract.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • That changed four months later when fellow Big Bang supporting player John Ross Bowie also inked a talent deal with WBTV to reprise his role as prickly plasma physicist Barry Kripke.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 July 2026
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  • Shares of Google parent Alphabet were around 4% lower in premarket trading, but that primarily reflected investor unease over rising AI spending outlined in the company's earnings report on Wednesday.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • During a June 9 event that revealed the Artemis III, SpaceX Customer Operations and Integration Vice President Jessica Jensen outlined an Artemis IV mission plan with Starship that didn't involve NRHO.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 July 2026
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