had pencilled
- past perfect of pencil.
Example Sentences
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Danske’s Carsten Lonborg Madsen had pencilled in a revenue decline of between zero and minus 8% so the minus 5% to minus 13% range will necessitate a downgrade from him.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
The annual rate of consumer price inflation dropped to 10.7% in November from 11.1% in October, a lower rate than the BoE had pencilled in last month.
From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022
This is slightly less than the 0.5% economists had pencilled in.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2021
Most analysts had pencilled in 8% growth in 2014 profits.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2014
Beside the Bible, lay the plush album with its Lombroso-like villainous gallery of countenances upon which transient vandals had pencilled mustaches regardless of sex.
From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline
