penciled (in)

variants or pencilled (in)
past tense of pencil (in)

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Verb
  • Two years after her death, Buckingham Palace penned a latter to PETA in 2024 saying that Queen Camilla would continue the fur-free legacy.
    Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 14 June 2026
  • In this, the new era of Xbox transparency, the brand’s new CEO, Asha Sharma, penned an expansive blog post about the challenges facing the company, many of which translate to the larger industry as a whole.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Additionally, hate speech was scrawled on one of the weapons that was used in the shooting, the officials said.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 19 May 2026
  • The attack is being investigated as a hate crime; according to police, the words hate speech had been scrawled on one of the weapons, and a suicide note left by one of the attackers contained discussions of racial pride.
    Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • The report, authored by Sensor Tower insights analyst Kara Lee, found Claude represented the largest growth over the past year, rising from 1% of all AI chatbot app downloads in the second quarter of 2025 to 14% in the second quarter of 2026.
    Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Those studies focused on factors like IQ or mental health without accounting for socioeconomics, says Satterthwaite, who co-authored a perspective piece that accompanied the new study.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Put succinctly, trail runners need to be prepared for virtually every type of weather that Mother Nature has scribbled down in her playbook.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Father denies abuse Dennis looked down and scribbled on a notepad throughout most of Wednesday’s testimony.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Penciled (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penciled%20%28in%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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