pencil in
phrasal verb
penciled in or pencilled in; penciling in or pencilling in; pencils in
: to put (someone or something that may be changed later) on a schedule, list, etc.
Would you like me to pencil you in for Thursday morning at 11?
—sometimes used figurativelyHe was penciled in as the director's replacement.
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The majority of economists polled by FactSet are penciling in a rate cut of 0.5 percentage points, or double the typical rate cut, due to the weakening labor market, followed by additional reductions at its November and December meetings.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2024
Following Friday's jobs report, many traders penciled in a 0.5% cut to the Federal Reserve’s key federal funds rate for the Fed's next meeting in September.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
After Ernst arranges the meeting with Disney, Marks pencils in a toothbrush mustache and transforms himself into a creepily avuncular version of the character, whose Midwestern niceness becomes menacing when his business interests are threatened.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
At the Fed’s last policy meeting in June, officials penciled in just one interest rate cut this year, down from an estimate of three just a few months before.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2024
Following Friday's jobs report, many traders penciled in a 0.5% cut to the Federal Reserve’s key federal funds rate for the Fed's next meeting in September.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
After Ernst arranges the meeting with Disney, Marks pencils in a toothbrush mustache and transforms himself into a creepily avuncular version of the character, whose Midwestern niceness becomes menacing when his business interests are threatened.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
At the Fed’s last policy meeting in June, officials penciled in just one interest rate cut this year, down from an estimate of three just a few months before.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
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“Pencil in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pencil%20in. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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