on the drawing board

idiom

: being created
Plans for the new stadium are on the drawing board.

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Consequently, some key actions were completed while others remained on the drawing board. Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 While supersonic transport remains on the drawing board, passenger-friendly Project Sunrise may indeed help transcend time and distance. Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 The Vegas project, on the drawing board to be built near downtown’s Glitter Gulch, won’t have its own art collection, so expect LACMA’s oceanic theme displays from the Geffen to be packaged for regular travel to Nevada. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024 The Cyclops 2, which Rush renamed Titan in 2018, was already on the drawing board. Mark Harris, WIRED, 11 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for on the drawing board 

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“On the drawing board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20drawing%20board. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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