drawing board

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The bank was officially launched last year and is now well beyond the drawing board.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

It also has been advancing with astonishing speed since Artemis left the drawing board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Lewis and other Republican leaders went back to the drawing board.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

Anna de Graaff says, "The extreme properties of The Cliff forced us to go back to the drawing board, and come up with entirely new models."

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

While the twenty-seven-inch accelerator was still on the drawing board, Lawrence and Livingston worked intently to improve the performance of the eleven-inch chamber that Livingston had built for the old magnet.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik