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Recent Examples of Synonyms for penciled (in)
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Yet, McDonald penned hundreds of others songs and released 30-plus albums during a recording career that spanned multiple decades.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2026 -
Emily Henry is a 35-year-old romance writer who’s penned six best-selling adult romance novels over the past five years, selling over 10 million copies worldwide and sparking multiple Hollywood deals.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2026
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The department also alleges that Jewish professors were assaulted, and swastikas were scrawled on UCLA buildings.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Protestors prominently displayed a large Mexican flag, along with an upside-down American flag sign with a peace sign scrawled across it in black paint.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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Rocklin police partnered with Rocklin Unified School District officials after determining the city could not enact a local ban on e-bikes because of Assembly Bill 1909, authored by then-Assemblymember Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, and signed into law in 2022.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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The petition was also authored by Samantha Miller, a senior carnivore campaign manager for the Center for Biological Diversity and the same person who led the push to get Proposition 207 on the ballot in 2024.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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School officials gathered and answered the questions scribbled on index cards.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Feb. 2026
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In those brownstones, the icons scribbled about notepads and surrendered those eternal drafts to thin paper zines.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Penciled (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penciled%20%28in%29. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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