drawing board

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Since the Amtrak cards weren’t a good fit, my son went back to the drawing board and looked exclusively at student cards.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Trade currently stands at just over $307 million annually and the only concrete joint project is a planned uranium mine that has been on the drawing board for more than a decade.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“If you’re not finishing at the top in a championship, you’re immediately back to the drawing board trying to figure out how to get there again.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

If all those under construction and on the drawing board are completed, that figure would rise to 35% by 2030.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

He pushed his chair back from the drawing board.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck