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pencil

[pen-suhl] / ˈpɛn səl /






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However, nonconductive materials like fingernails or pencil erasers do not alter the electric field, so the screen does not respond.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

He said she had pointed a broken pencil at him.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

"You may see the stereotypical pencil point trees that they've started to fell or to coppice," Jasper said.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Then—bang—Mr. Irmis was asking for my pencil, which he might as well have broken over his knee the way the French sergeant broke the sword of Alfred Dreyfus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Though I tried to concentrate on Treasure Island, I was distracted by Ba flipping the pages of the ledger and scratching with his pencil at the page on the clipboard.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu