Thesaurus results for PENCILLED (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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The share of Catholic adults in the United States who report drinking alcohol has fallen to 55%, according to a Gallup report authored by analyst Frank Newport.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
As plastic in the body breaks down into smaller and smaller bits — known as microplastics and nanoplastics — the potential danger increases, said Wei Min, a Columbia University chemist who co-authored the study.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 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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