pencil
noun
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
has pencilled
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present perfectof pencil (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Beyond that, there's the spending plans the chancellor has pencilled in for future years.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
The bank has pencilled in another 50 bps hike for March, but what happens next remains highly uncertain.
From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2023
Sweden's Riksbank has pencilled in a rate hike for 2024, which Ingves says might be a "bit too far off."
From Reuters ● Mar. 17, 2022
The CML has pencilled in 950,000 transactions in 2013/14 compared with 1.6m in 2007.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2013
Against the reference to the portrait of Milton, in the postscript, some one, possibly Wordsworth, has pencilled a note, now only partially legible.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb
