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 figuratively

He was penciled in as the director's replacement.

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Currently, Goldman Sachs economics research is penciling in another four consecutive interest rate cuts in the first half of 2025 but also acknowledged in its Monday update that more uncertainty exists regarding the Fed's path next year. —

Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024 Analysts polled by FactSet had penciled in 64 per share and $1.16 billion in revenue. —

Samantha Subin, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024 Fed officials penciled in a half-point more of cuts in 2024 and cuts amounting to a full percentage point next year. —

Krystal Hur, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024 Others like Verizon decided to just pencil in the financial hit of the customer loss, reporting a loss of 410,000 prepaid wireless subscribers in its second quarter earnings. —

Lillian Rizzo, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pencil in