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have been penciling

  • present perfect progressive of pencil.

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Major investment banks have been penciling in an increasingly strong run of interest rate hikes for 2022 after hotter-than-expected inflation data ramped up pressure on the Fed to take a firmer stand against soaring prices.

From Reuters Feb. 17, 2022