pencil in
Example Sentences
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Isabel Schnabel -- widely considered a hawk who is particularly wary of inflation -- fuelled expectations of possible rate-rises down the line after telling Bloomberg she was "rather comfortable" to see traders pencil in hikes.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
“I didn’t pencil in any cuts” next year, he said, because the Fed is going to have to maintain downward pressure “just to hold the line” on inflation.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025
They pencil in 10-year bond syndications from Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Austria, Greece and Ireland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
You don't get a tick in the box if the name on the ballot paper means nothing to the voter clutching their stubby pencil in the voting booth.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
He broke his favorite drawing pencil in half and threw it into the wastebasket.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
