pencil
Example Sentences
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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
He had a Clark Gable pencil mustache, raced sailboats, cavorted with the late communist leader Fidel Castro in Cuba, and at one point married Academy Award-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Then, without warning, the professor snapped the pencil in half.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
A box of drawing pins, an old stapler, a tangled mess of paperclips, a pencil sharpener.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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