pencil in
Example Sentences
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Major indexes hit session lows following the central bank’s widely expected decision to hold rates steady and pencil in one more cut for 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
The Dutch bank guided for 24 billion euros in income this year and 25 billion euros next, but analysts already pencil in 24.2 billion euros and 25.8 billion euros, respectively, analysts write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Like you can throw a pencil in the air and how many times does it land on its tip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
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
Whenever Miss Ulfat had a break in her schedule, my mother would visit, her notebook and pencil in hand, until gradually the strange squiggles and symbols on the page revealed themselves to her.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
