drawing board
Example Sentences
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They hoped they'd left the Champions League drawing board behind, but they're right back where they were when Kairat and Midtjylland and Ferencvaros and Cluj and AEK were the ones inflicting the pain.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The prosecution said the developers failed to use the first falling window as a reason to "go back to the drawing board".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
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
He pushed his chair back from the drawing board.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
