on the drawing board

idiom

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

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West Loop projects on the drawing board include a $448 million proposal by Vista Property that would add up to 1,450 units in three towers on Morgan Street between Kinzie Street and the Metra tracks. Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025 His company has already inked an agreement to launch a similar demonstration facility in Michigan this year and has six other U.S. plants on the drawing board. science.org, 23 Jan. 2025 But nothing now on the drawing board suggests that technology alone can get us out of this predicament. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2010 Other big apartment projects are also on the drawing board, including a plan from Vermilion Development to build what would be Evanston’s tallest building. Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on the drawing board

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