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.
penciled
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past participleof pencil.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pencil.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pencilnouna 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.
Example Sentences
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A day earlier, Kashkari said he penciled in one more rate hike in 2026 and another one next year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
But in commentary shared with MarketWatch, Slok said out that the gap between tech analysts’ rosy cash-flow forecasts and the more modest numbers being penciled in for other sectors was looking suspiciously wide.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Right-hander Roki Sasaki is working back from a blister on his middle finger and is penciled in to return from the IL next week against the Padres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
In addition, most officials penciled in one more hike this year in interest-rate projections released after the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Conant, unhappy with his scientists’ inability to settle on a single separation process, penciled out a proposal to spend $870 million for four individual pilot plants.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
