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pencil

[pen-suhl] / ˈpɛn səl /






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But how would any of that pencil out with Dodger Stadium closed most of the year, and with gondola traffic chipping away at revenue from parking fees that start at a monstrous $40?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

In one, while high up on the mountain, he apologises to his mother for switching from pen to pencil because "the ink has begun to freeze".

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

The researchers believe the bees mixed dirt with saliva to construct each tiny nest, which measured less than the size of a pencil eraser.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said inflation risks have led him to pencil in one rate increase by the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

On my way out of the house, I grabbed a pencil and enough paper to make four good drawings and one mistake.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Labour peer Baroness Theresa Griffin of Princethorpe said she was once left in airport "holding pens" and given colouring pencils while travelling to Strasbourg.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Managers of seven Southern California water agencies have been studying options for building the pipelines and pump stations to transport the water on land if the technology pencils out.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Well, that is when dividend investors need to download the 10-K and sharpen their pencils.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

Macquarie pencils in 1Q production of 43.7 million barrels of oil equivalent, ahead of consensus hopes of 42.5 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

Others behaved strangely, nodding their heads, tapping their pencils, and softly chanting ta-dum, ta-dum, ta-dum or ta-ta-dum, ta-ta-dum.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

Though they probably will have only four starting spots to fill in the postseason — and Yamamoto, Skubal, Snell and Glasnow can be penciled in when healthy — Ohtani’s build-up adds an interesting wrinkle.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

And he’s penciled in to pitch against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

That compared with $3.85 billion and $18.61 billion a year earlier, and is below the $4.47 billion and $19.47 billion in revenue that analysts polled by FactSet had penciled in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Analysts currently have penciled in bottom-up earnings growth of more than 23%, according to FactSet analysts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

They were penciled on, and looked just like the character for man, A. And every time she tilted her head, her hair moved all in one piece like a hat.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

There are currently two reservoirs pencilled for completion in 2036 and the 2040s, and more set to be approved.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Spurs also thought they had a £60m deal to sign Nottingham Forest's gifted midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, with a medical tentatively pencilled in.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

Danske’s Carsten Lonborg Madsen had pencilled in a revenue decline of between zero and minus 8% so the minus 5% to minus 13% range will necessitate a downgrade from him.

From MarketWatch Feb. 4, 2026

The Fed currently has one cut pencilled in, and will update this forecast next week.

From MarketWatch Dec. 6, 2025

On it was pencilled the words: “Serves you right.”

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Members of the wider policy committee signaled they aren’t afraid to raise interest rates to achieve that goal, penciling in at least one quarter-percentage-point hike by the end of 2026.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Eurozone GDP expanded just 0.1% in the first quarter of this year, with some economists penciling in a contraction in the April-June period.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

The Federal Reserve is only penciling in one potential interest-rate cut in 2026, citing uncertainty in the Middle East as a reason to go slow.

From MarketWatch Mar. 26, 2026

In the meantime, below are 10 essential Latino performances we’ll be penciling into our schedule, listed in chronological order.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2025

“Mom, double Is in Halloween,” Lori said, erasing Mom’s writing and penciling in the changes.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

The lower consumer inflation figure for June gave policymakers enough "room to breathe" for now, but with further price rises expected Swonk was pencilling in two rate hikes for later this year.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

More than 80% of companies have beaten so far and S&P500 companies are on course for annual profit growth of 2.6% for Q3 and pencilling in some 12% earnings expansion for 2024.

From Reuters Oct. 27, 2023

Officials have offered more vocal support in recent days to earlier action and we are pencilling in a September announcement, but it is clear that the Covid resurgence could delay it.

From The Guardian Aug. 19, 2021

Anytime you get Rahm in California pencilling in a top 10 is just a given at this point.

From Golf Digest Feb. 12, 2020

The lips, serene and passionate, deeply sunken at the corners and shadowed with a pencilling of down, were the lips of Spain; all the mystery of the South was in the grave and tragic eyes.

From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick




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