pencil
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In other rooms, colleagues arranged pencil sharpeners, water bottles and crayons in patterns, recording with depth-sensor cameras.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
For completeness a pencil is included in the tape exhibit.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Outgoing Chair Jerome Powell last year shelved an attempt to revisit officials’ “dot plot” exercise, where they pencil in where they expect rates to go.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Haendel, who is colorblind, said he initially planned for the entire work to be drawn in pencil and in grayscale, like much of his other work.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Maya-Jade had taken to wearing a pencil behind her ear to take notes, and now she took it out and scratched something down before tapping the pencil against her chin.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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