penciling

variants or pencilling
present participle of pencil

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for penciling
inking
Verb
  • Amazon has been steadily boosting partners for its DSP, inking recent pacts with Netflix, Disney and Roku for programmatic ad sales.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This hasn’t become a big deal yet because all signs point to Durant inking some form of an extension in the coming weeks that will tie him to Houston for the foreseeable future.
    William Guillory, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Penciling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penciling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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