pencil in
Example Sentences
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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
They pencil in 10-year bond syndications from Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Austria, Greece and Ireland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
I stare at the sack, start twirling that pencil in my hand again.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
