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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Morisseau’s play, which dates back to 2019 and was penned to fulfill a commission offered by People’s Light Theatre in Malvern, Pennsylvania, takes place in a living room.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Following the September meeting, Associate Dean Manuela Wagner and Stamford Campus Dean Jennifer Orlikoff penned a letter recommending termination.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026

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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and xAI’s Elon Musk scrawled their names in erratic cursive.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
The show is arranged in eight parts and begins with a large white wall at the entrance with the title of the show scrawled in RM’s handwriting.

— Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

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Rick Burton is Syracuse University’s David Falk Emeritus Professor of Sport Management, co-hosts the NIL Clubhouse podcast on Apple and Spotify and co-authored The Rise of Major League Soccer (Lyons Press) and Business the NHL Way (Aevo/UTP).

— Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Lindsey Burnett, a urogynecologist and assistant professor at UC San Diego who co-authored the study, notes that lower urinary tract symptoms that look and feel like a UTI can be caused by things other than bacteria.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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Jonas even gave his number to Hadid’s mother, scribbled on a piece of paper.

— Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2026
The messages, scribbled on whatever scrap of paper a sender could find, often featured misspellings and shaky penmanship; many older residents of rural areas did not know how to read or write well, if at all.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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