pencil
Example Sentences
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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
But L.A. needs to follow the example of other cities and do more in the way of financial incentives for developers trying to make a project pencil out.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
I asked, fishing my pencil out of my pocket.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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