chalk
Example Sentences
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"I'm just going to chalk it up to just a bad day, but I'm happy with everything else."
From Barron's
She takes the chalk from my hand and writes the solution to my cipher on the board:
From Literature
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Bailey chalks this hesitancy up to education, but Motta says it’s not just that, noting that many pet parents today are well-read.
The recent moves can be chalked up to “heightened geopolitical risk and a broader move away from the US Dollar,” Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen said Wednesday.
From Barron's
It had his notebooks, pens, plastic baggie full of chalk, sketch pads.
From Literature
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