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Recent Examples of Synonyms for penciled (in)
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The sequel is penned by the first movie’s writer/director Matthew López, along with Gemma Burgess and McQuiston, with Jamie Babbit taking over for López in the director’s chair.
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On May 29, Alba penned a heartwarming tribute to Honor to celebrate her high school graduation.
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The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past.
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Over 21,000 names per year from every state in the union are scrawled inside the visitors book at Boise State’s Hall of Fame, all to step beyond those glass doors and to stand right on the edge of a blue field that’s become a one-of-a-kind symbol in sports over the past four decades.
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Assembly Bill 2560, authored by Assemblymember Nick Schultz, D-Burbank, seeks to codify some of the goals in the state’s Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure, or the CAPTI.
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Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh have authored the fewest opinions so far this term.
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Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.
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Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad.
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“Penciled (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penciled%20%28in%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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