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penciled (in)

verb

variants or pencilled (in)
past tense of pencil (in)
as in scratched (out)

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  1. penned
  2. scrawled
  3. authored
  4. scribbled
Verb
  • Noah Jupe and Matthias Schweighöfer star in the flick penned by Natalie Conway and Peter Stanley-Ward.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
  • If Disney writers had penned this tale, Kaepernick would have landed a contract, reclaimed a starting job and shined — cementing his legacy as an iconic NFL quarterback and activist.
    — Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of penned
Verb
  • Hate speech was also found scrawled on one of the weapons used in the attack, and a suicide note contained writings about racial pride, officials said.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Violet, named for the color of identifying crayon scrawled on her brow, is one of 250 to 500 patients the Marine Mammal Care Center rescues along the Los Angeles County coast every year.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of scrawled
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  • Some scientists have even authored a paper that delves into studying the buckets of lunar material that would've been thrown outward as the impact happened; another team looked at how the region around the crater was altered due to the crash.
    — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • On Sunday, the governor's office announced the signing of Assembly Bill 1588, which was authored by Asm.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of authored
Verb
  • Looney Tunes reference scribbled in the geographic direction of Hollywood.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • However, over that time, the amounts typically scribbled or printed on the face of those checks rose.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
Definition of scribbled
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“Penciled (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penciled%20%28in%29. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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