Thesaurus results for PENCILED (IN)

penciled (in)

verb

variants or pencilled (in)

past tense of pencil (in)

as in scratched (out)

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Original screenwriters Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa penned the book for the stage adaptation, which features original songs by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 July 2026
He was released in 2006 and then penned his memoir, which was adapted into the movie by director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Terence Winter.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

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The cat had blood pouring from its mouth and was surrounded by arcane symbols scrawled on the walls, court documents show.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
Pinned to their random assortment of hats were scrawled, handmade signs proclaiming liberty or death.

— Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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For your heart, there is no ministry worth wanting, which means the friction in your inner life has to be authored by you.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The update, authored by 27 world-leading dementia experts, added two new risks to the previous 2020 list of 12 high LDL cholesterol and vision loss and issued a call for earlier, more aggressive prevention.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

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With so much data to take in, penalty ‘cheat sheets’ have started to appear on goalkeeper’s bottles and scribbled on pieces of paper.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 July 2026
One $10,000 loan, memorialized in a note scribbled in Vietnamese, called for $100 a day in interest.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

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