pencil in
Example Sentences
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In new forecasts due at its meeting next week, the ECB may pencil in a contraction in second-quarter activity too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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
“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
One picture showed Katherine Johnson sitting at her desk at 1244, pencil in hand, “analyzing lunar trajectories and computing trip time to the Moon and return to Earth by a space vehicle.”
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
