penciled (in)

verb

variants or pencilled (in)
past tense of pencil (in)
as in scratched (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for penciled (in)
  1. penned
  2. scrawled
  3. authored
  4. scribbled
Verb
  • Marsh, who penned several works about Springsteen, also published texts on the Who, Sly & the Family Stone, the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Black Sabbath.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Tim Federle is directing from a script by Robin Schiff, who penned the original 1997 film.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of penned
Verb
  • Instead, there’s an impromptu memorial, formed from hundreds of tributes to the rapper scrawled in sharpie on poles and on the concrete.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Shelving units in the garage are tightly, but neatly, packed with containers of various items, from Nike sneakers to Cold War-era relics, labeled with a description or lot number scrawled in black marker.
    — Sarah Jackson Valentina Duarte, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of scrawled
Verb
  • Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, authored a 2022 bill that put the initial safeguards in place and continued the moratorium until the state adopted new regulations.
    — Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Your work has long reclaimed the female body from the conventions of the male gaze, presenting sensuality as something self-authored rather than performed for an external viewer.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of authored
Verb
  • However, over that time, the amounts typically scribbled or printed on the face of those checks rose.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of scribbled
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“Penciled (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penciled%20%28in%29. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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