Example Sentences
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He’s done the math — $82 a night for a queen bed, single occupancy; $89 for a king — and likes how it pencils out.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026
Unfortunately, the other package has the colouring pencils, and I didn't get that one delivered yet.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Well, that is when dividend investors need to download the 10-K and sharpen their pencils.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Macquarie pencils in 1Q production of 43.7 million barrels of oil equivalent, ahead of consensus hopes of 42.5 million barrels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Others behaved strangely, nodding their heads, tapping their pencils, and softly chanting ta-dum, ta-dum, ta-dum or ta-ta-dum, ta-ta-dum.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
