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Definition of penning next

present participle of pen

as in enclosing

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over

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present participle of pen

as in writing

to compose and set down on paper the words of though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era

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The couple were deeply involved in literary circles, collected books avidly, read voraciously as well as penning various works. —

Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Ann Wilson has been penning poetry lately. —

Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026 Written and to be directed by Cox — in a reunion with Black Bear after a breakout moment penning the studio’s Nyad starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster — A Woman in the Sun follows a month in the life of Claire Keating, to be played by Zellweger. —

Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026 Director Simon McQuoid has returned for the sequel, with a new screenwriter, Jeremy Slater, penning the script. —

Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026 He’s nevertheless gone from near-silence at oral arguments to asking the first questions and penning a landmark ruling expanding Second Amendment rights. —

Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026 Max Goldbart here penning the newsletter. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 May 2026 The supporters group, the KC Cauldron, is highly vocal, penning letters in the past pleading for the team to return to its trophy-winning glory of the 2010s. —

Pj Green april 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026 As far as adaptations go, this one seems primed to capture the spirit of the original thanks to who's onboard, with Thelma & Louise screenwriter, Callie Khouri, penning the book, while Case handled the music and lyrics. —

Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026

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These nanoreactors are built as porous shells enclosing an internal cavity that hosts catalytically active nanoparticles.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
Archaeologists found that the site’s foragers had crafted small huts from brushwood, weaving them into dome-like structures enclosing a central hearth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026