Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for penciled (in)
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Nicole Scherzinger penned a sweet letter to her fiancé Thom Evans in honor of his 41st birthday on April 3.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
4 Apr. 2026 -
The film, penned by Davis and his brother, Wale, is loosely autobiographical.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The last two generations came of age in a world where digital birthday cards are standard, signatures are scrawled awkwardly using a finger and to-do shopping lists no longer offer the satisfying opportunity to scratch out item after item.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the nearly nine months since the shootings, her name has been scrawled on firearms used in other deadly attacks.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In 2024, James co-authored a new law to expand her ability to prosecute deed theft, then used that law last year to charge two people with stealing the home of a widow on hospice care in Queens.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Jain co-authored a 2020 study that found that Black women were more likely to report that their income and race were barriers to getting infertility treatment.—
Sarah Elizabeth Richards,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2026
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Another video shared on Instagram, presumably taken at an earlier point, shows the same bot rumbling along to deliver some food with the same graffiti scribbled on its exterior.—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 19,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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Graduate students in tie-dye shirts worked under fume hoods; on the glass that protected them from chemicals, synthesis reactions were scribbled in black marker.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Penciled (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penciled%20%28in%29. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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