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
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
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
I seal the makeup pencil in the envelope when I’m done.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
